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Bathyurus mackenziensis

Trilobita - Proetida - Bathyuridae

Taxonomy
Bathyurus mackenziensis was named by Tremblay and Westrop (1991). Its type specimen is ROM 47646, a pygidium, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Southwestern District of Mackenzie, Caribou Range (S-88), which is in a Whiterockian shallow subtidal limestone in the Sunblood Formation of Canada.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1991Bathyurus mackenziensis Tremblay and Westrop

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderProetidaFortey and Owens 1975
familyBathyuridaeWalcott 1886
genusBathyurusBillings 1859
speciesmackenziensis

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Bathyurus mackenziensis Tremblay and Westrop 1991
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Spines: minorg
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: deposit feedero
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-09 12:55:37
Modified: 2009-06-09 14:55:37
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Harrington et al. 1959, Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004, Fortey and Owens 1999

Age range: Whiterockian or 471.30000 to 457.30000 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Whiterockian471.3 - 457.3Canada (Northwest Territories) Bathyurus mackenziensis (102232 102233 102234 102236 102239 102257 102258 type locality: 102259 102262 102263 102264 102265 102480)