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Bathyurus ellipticus
Taxonomy
Bathyurus ellipticus was named by Cleland (1900). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Bed VI 2, Quarry by railroad track, Fort Hunter hamlet, Florida, which is in a Gasconadian shallow subtidal sandstone in the Tribes Hill Formation of New York.
It was recombined as Petigurus ellipticus by Bassler (1915); it was recombined as Hystricurus ellipticus by Fisher (1954).
It was recombined as Petigurus ellipticus by Bassler (1915); it was recombined as Hystricurus ellipticus by Fisher (1954).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1900 | Bathyurus ellipticus Cleland p. 17 figs. Pl. 16, figs. 5 and 6 |
| 1915 | Petigurus ellipticus Bassler p. 961 |
| 1954 | Hystricurus ellipticus Fisher figs. P1. 4, figs. 12 and 13 |
| 2008 | Bathyurus ellipticus Knight et al. |
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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 ellipticus Cleland 1900
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class | |||||
| References: Whittington et al. 1997, Fortey and Owens 1999, Aberhan et al. 2004, Harrington et al. 1959 | |||||
Age range: base of the Gasconadian to the top of the Skullrockian or 486.85000 to 483.40000 Ma
Collections (11 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Skullrockian | Canada (Newfoundland) | Hystricurus ellipticus (195680 195681 195697 195736 195740) | |
| Skullrockian | Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) | Hystricurus ellipticus (195689) | |
| Gasconadian | USA (New York) | Bathyurus ellipticus (type locality: 119376) | |
| Tremadocian | USA (New York) | Hystricurus ellipticus (174037 174038 174043) | |
| Tremadocian | Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) | Hystricurus ellipticus (80769) |