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Catochia

Trilobita - Proetida - Bathyuridae

Taxonomy
Catochia was named by Fortey (1979). Its type is Catochia ornata.

It was assigned to Bathyurinae by Fortey and Bruton (2013).

Species
C. glabra, C. hinlopensis, C. ornata (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1979Catochia Fortey p. 80
2013Catochia Fortey and Bruton

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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
subfamilyBathyurinaeWalcott 1886
genusCatochia

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.

G. †Catochia Fortey 1979
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†Catochia glabra Fortey 1979
†Catochia hinlopensis Fortey and Bruton 2013
†Catochia ornata Fortey 1979
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: deposit feedero
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-19 02:31:34
Modified: 2009-12-19 04:31:34
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Fortey and Owens 1999, Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: base of the Floian to the top of the Blackhillsian or 477.10000 to 471.30000 Ma

Collections (15 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Jeffersonian486.85 - 471.3Canada (Newfoundland) C. ornata (195756 195785)
Cassinian483.4 - 471.3Canada (Newfoundland) C. glabra (195758) C. ornata (195757 195784)
Cassinian483.4 - 471.3Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) C. ornata (106238 106239 106241) C. ornata, C. glabra (103540)
Tulean481.7 - 475.3Norway (Spitsbergen) C. hinlopensis (189837)
Tulean - Blackhillsian481.7 - 471.3Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) C. ornata (196381) C. ornata, C. glabra (195776)
Tulean - Blackhillsian481.7 - 471.3Canada (Newfoundland) C. ornata, C. glabra (196380)
Floian477.1 - 471.3Canada (Newfoundland) C. ornata (195748)
Blackhillsian475.3 - 471.3Norway (Spitsbergen) C. ornata, C. hinlopensis (189838)