Bathyuriscus belesis Walcott 1916 (trilobite)

Trilobita - Corynexochida - Dolichometopidae

Alternative combination: Glossopleura belesis

Full reference: C.D. Walcott. 1916. Cambrian geology and paleontology III. No. 5. Cambrian trilobites. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 64:303-456

Belongs to Bathyuriscus according to C.D. Walcott 1916

See also Resser 1935

Sister taxa: Bathyuriscus adaeus, Bathyuriscus anax, Bathyuriscus atossa, Bathyuriscus bantius, Bathyuriscus batis, Bathyuriscus bithus, Bathyuriscus brighamensis, Bathyuriscus fimbriatus, Bathyuriscus haydeni, Bathyuriscus manchuriensis, Bathyuriscus marjumensis, Bathyuriscus maximus, Bathyuriscus ornatus, Bathyuriscus petalus, Bathyuriscus piedmontensis, Bathyuriscus rotundatus, Bathyuriscus stoliczkai, Bathyuriscus terranovensis

Type specimen: USNM 62667-76. Its type locality is 4V. Gordon Creek, 9.6 km from the South Fork of Flathead River, which is in a Delamaran marine shale in the Gordon Shale Formation of Montana.

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution:

• Delamaran of United States (2: California, Montana collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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