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Bathyurellus teretus

Artiopoda - Proetida - Bathyuridae

Taxonomy
Bathyurellus teretus was named by Young (1973) [Questionably assigned to this genus. Paratypes: BYU 2072.]. Its type specimen is BYU 2071, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is H-20, which is in a Blackhillsian open shallow subtidal grainstone in the Fillmore Formation of Utah.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1973Bathyurellus teretus Young p. 97 figs. Pl. 2, figs. 5, 8, 13

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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
subfamilyBathyurellinaeHupe 1953
genusBathyurellusBillings 1865
speciesteretus

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.

Bathyurellus teretus Young 1973
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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: Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997, Fortey and Owens 1999

Age range: Blackhillsian or 475.30000 to 471.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Blackhillsian475.3 - 471.3USA (Utah) Bathyurellus teretus (type locality: 69261)