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Bathyocos

Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Ptychopariidae

Taxonomy
Bathyocos was named by Sundberg (1994) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm mMid-u Sepkoski's reference number: 1089]. Its type is Bathyocos housensis.

It was assigned to Ptychopariina by Sundberg (1994); to Ptychopariida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Ptychopariidae by Jell and Adrain (2002).

Species
B. housensis (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1994Bathyocos Sundberg pp. 99 - 100
2002Bathyocos Jell and Adrain p. 478
2002Bathyocos Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderPtychopariidaSwinnerton 1915
familyPtychopariidaeMatthew 1887
genusBathyocos

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. †Bathyocos Sundberg 1994
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Bathyocos housensis Sundberg 1994
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
F. A. Sundberg 1994Small Ptychopariida with subtrap- ezoid cranidium with glabella elevated well above fixigena, moderately convex transversely; deep, short lateral glabellar furrows; rounded frontal lobe; con- vergent, deep axial furrows; downsloping, moder- ately wide fixigenae (60-65% glabellar width); nar- row preglabellar field; convex, slightly curved, sagittally narrow, tapering anterior border; short palpebral lobes; weak, thin ocular ridges; short pos- terior area of fixigenae.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 10 to < 100f
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-11 20:00:46
Modified: 2009-12-19 06:30:51
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: Delamaran or 511.20000 to 506.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Delamaran511.2 - 506.5USA (Nevada) B. housensis (134256)