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Bathyuriscus

Trilobita - Corynexochida - Dolichometopidae

Taxonomy

Bathyuriscus was named by Meek (1873) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm mMid-u Cm uMid-m Sepkoski's reference number: 81].

It was assigned to Olenidae by Walcott (1908); to Dolichometopinae by Walcott (1916); to Corynexochida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Dolichometopidae by Jell and Adrain (2002) and Jago et al. (2004).

Species

B. adaeus, B. anax, B. atossa, B. bantius, B. batis, B. belesis, B. bithus, B. brighamensis, B. fimbriatus, B. haydeni, B. manchuriensis, B. marjumensis, B. maximus, B. ornatus, B. petalus, B. piedmontensis, B. rotundatus, B. stoliczkai, B. terranovensis

Species lacking formal opinion data

B. boscaputensis, B. concavus, B. elegans, B. formosus, B. politus, B. punctatus

Synonyms

Orriella was named by Rasetti (1938) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm lMid Cm uMid Sepkoski's reference number: 80]. It is not extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Bathyuriscus by Jell and Adrain (2002).

It was assigned to Corynexochida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1873	Bathyuriscus Meek
1908	Bathyuriscus Walcott p. 36
1916	Bathyuriscus Walcott p. 330
1938	Orriella Rasetti
2002	Bathyuriscus Jell and Adrain p. 348
2002	Bathyuriscus Sepkoski
2002	Orriella Sepkoski
2004	Bathyuriscus Jago et al. p. 40

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Ecdysozoa
—	Panarthropoda

Rank	Name	Author
phylum	Arthropoda	Latreille 1829
subphylum	Artiopoda	(Hou and Bergstrom)
class	Trilobita	Walch 1771
order	Corynexochida
family	Dolichometopidae
genus	Bathyuriscus	Meek 1873

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. †Bathyuriscus Meek 1873

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†Bathyuriscus adaeus Walcott 1916

†Bathyuriscus anax Walcott 1916

†Bathyuriscus atossa Walcott 1916

†Bathyuriscus bantius Walcott 1916

†Bathyuriscus batis Walcott 1916

†Bathyuriscus belesis Walcott 1916

†Bathyuriscus bithus Walcott 1916

†Bathyuriscus brighamensis Resser 1939

†Bathyuriscus fimbriatus Robison 1964

†Bathyuriscus haydeni Meek 1873

†Bathyuriscus manchuriensis Walcott 1911

†Bathyuriscus marjumensis Resser 1935

†Bathyuriscus maximus Mason 1935

†Bathyuriscus ornatus Walcott 1908

†Bathyuriscus petalus Fritz 1968

†Bathyuriscus piedmontensis Resser 1935

†Bathyuriscus rotundatus Rominger 1887

†Bathyuriscus stoliczkai Reed 1910

†Bathyuriscus terranovensis Young and Ludvigsen 1989

Invalid names: Orriella Rasetti 1938 [synonym]

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

Ontogeny:

molting, addition of partsc

Environment:

marinec

Locomotion:

actively mobileo

Life habit:

nektobenthico

Diet:

carnivoreo

Comments:

BODY SIZE: Data from Williams et al. (2002).g

Created:

2009-06-02 14:41:33

Modified:

2009-06-02 16:41:33

Source: g = genus, o = order, c = class

References: Hendy et al. 2009, Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Dyeran to the top of the Merioneth or 515.30000 to 485.40000 Ma

Collections (62 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Dyeran	515.3 - 511.2	USA (Utah)	B. brighamensis (75634) B. wasatchensis (75633)
Delamaran	511.2 - 506.5	USA (Utah)	B. brighamensis (75635)
Delamaran	511.2 - 506.5	USA (Montana)	B. belesis (225273) B. sp. A (68907)
Delamaran	511.2 - 506.5	USA (Pennsylvania)	B. sp. (214 7865)
Delamaran	511.2 - 506.5	USA (Nevada)	B. petalus (77205)
Delamaran	511.2 - 506.5	Mexico (Sonora)	B. sp. (90558)
Delamaran	511.2 - 506.5	USA (California)	B. belesis (219690) B. maximus (191414)
Delamaran	511.2 - 506.5	Canada (British Columbia)	B. adaeus (225256) B. sp. a (68908)
Delamaran	511.2 - 506.5	USA (Idaho)	B. atossa, Clavaspidella bithus (76096) B. sp. (207)
Amgan	510.2 - 504.5	USA (Utah)	B. sp. (225070)
Solvan	510.2 - 504.5	Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador)	B. boscaputensis (10828 10829 10832 10834) B. boscaputensis, B. richardsoni (10841) B. richardsoni (10814 10816 10822 10823 10824 10825 10827 10830 10849) B. richardsoni, B. terranovensis (10820) B. terranovensis (10831 10847 10850)
Middle Cambrian	509.0 - 497.0	USA (Alaska)	B. punctatus (64765)
Middle Cambrian	509.0 - 497.0	USA (Utah)	B. elegans (77276) B. sp. (86740)
Middle Cambrian	509.0 - 497.0	Greenland	B. concavus (10485)
Middle Cambrian	509.0 - 497.0	Canada (British Columbia)	B. adaeus (193550 193551) B. sp. (171308 171309)
Middle Cambrian	509.0 - 497.0	Canada (Brithish Columbia)	B. sp. (188664)
St Davids	509.0 - 497.0	Greenland	B. sp. (10478)
St Davids	509.0 - 497.0	USA (Utah)	B. sp. (216)
St Davids	509.0 - 497.0	USA (Vermont)	Orriella sp. indet. (78913)
St Davids	509.0 - 497.0	Canada (British Columbia)	B. elegans, B. fimbriatus (122017 122072) B. sp., B. ornatus (215)
St Davids	509.0 - 497.0	USA (Montana)	B. formosus (212)
St Davids	509.0 - 497.0	Canada (Northwest Territories)	B. adaeus (209)
Drumian	504.5 - 500.5	USA (Utah)	B. elegans, B. fimbriatus (230679)
Menevian	504.5 - 499.5	USA (Idaho)	B. politus (50208)
Marjumian	504.5 - 497.0	USA (Utah)	B. fimbriatus (56144 230682)
Marjumian	504.5 - 497.0	USA (New York)	B. sp. (221)
Zhanaarykian	503.0 - 500.5	Kazakhstan	Fuchouia manchuriensis (9963 118096)
Boomerangian	500.5 - 499.0	Mexico	B. sp. (200299)
Boomerangian	500.5 - 499.0	Australia (Tasmania)	B. sp. (69972)
Merioneth	497.0 - 485.4	USA (Idaho)	B. sp. (198)
Merioneth	497.0 - 485.4	Canada (Alberta-British Columbia)	B. sp. (213)