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Bathyurus margareti

Artiopoda - Proetida - Bathyuridae

Taxonomy
Bathyurus margareti was named by Tremblay and Westrop (1991). Its type specimen is ROM 47687, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is District of Mackenzie, Mary Range (B-360), which is in a Whiterockian open shallow subtidal limestone in the Sunblood Formation of Canada.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1991Bathyurus margareti Tremblay and Westrop p. 814 figs. 14.1-14.3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
RankNameAuthor
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderProetidaFortey and Owens 1975
familyBathyuridaeWalcott 1886
genusBathyurusBillings 1859
speciesmargareti

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 margareti 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: Aberhan et al. 2004, Harrington et al. 1959, Whittington et al. 1997, Fortey and Owens 1999

Age range: base of the Whiterockian to the top of the Llanvirn or 471.30000 to 458.20000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Arenigian - Llanvirn477.1 - 458.2Canada (Northwest Territories) Bathyurus sp. (25285)
Whiterockian471.3 - 457.3Canada (Northwest Territories) Bathyurus margareti (25853 102253 type locality: 102482 102483)