Trilobita - Proetida - Bathyuridae
Parent taxon: Bathyurellinae according to R. A. Fortey and D. L. Bruton 2013
See also Jell and Adrain 2002 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Bathyurellus, Benthamaspis, Ceratopeltis, Chapmania, Chapmanopyge, Grinnellaspis, Harlandaspis, Licnocephala, Lutesvillia, Punka
Subtaxa: Uromystrum affine Uromystrum brevispinum Uromystrum drepanon Uromystrum marginiatus Uromystrum minor Uromystrum patulum Uromystrum validus
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Ordovician of Canada (9: Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador collections), Norway (3), United States (3: Nevada, Utah)
• Chazy of United States (2: New York)
• Whiterockian of Canada (16: Newfoundland and Labrador, Quebec), United States (10: Nevada, New York, Utah)
• Arenig of Argentina (1), United States (2: New York, Vermont)
• Cassinian of Canada (8: Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador)
• Jeffersonian of Canada (3: Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador)
Total: 57 collections including 68 occurrences
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