Bathyuriscus wasatchensis Resser 1939 (trilobite)

Trilobita - Corynexochida - Dolichometopidae

Alternative combination: Poliella wasatchensis

Full reference: C. E. Resser. 1939. The Ptarmigania strata of the northwestern Wasatch Mountains. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 98(24):1-72

Belongs to Bathyuriscus according to T. Kobayashi 1942

See also Resser 1939 and Sundberg 1995

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

Type specimen: USNM 98500

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Bed 425, Lead Bell Shale (Cambrian of Utah)

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