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Bathyurellus abruptus

Artiopoda - Proetida - Bathyuridae

Taxonomy
Bathyurellus abruptus was named by Billings (1865) [Lectotype selected by Whittington 1953]. Its type specimen is GSC 648 (lectotype), a pygidium, and it is a 3D body fossil.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1865Bathyurellus abruptus Billings p. 263 fig. 247
1925Bathyurellus abruptus Raymond p. 71 figs. Plate 3, fig. 18

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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
speciesabruptusBillings 1865

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 abruptus Billings 1865
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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: Fortey and Owens 1999, Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Blackhillsian or 475.30000 to 471.30000 Ma

Collections (24 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Jeffersonian486.85 - 471.3Canada (Newfoundland) Bathyurellus abruptus (195774)
Cassinian483.4 - 471.3Canada (Newfoundland) Bathyurellus abruptus (195757 195758 195782 195783 195784)
Cassinian483.4 - 471.3Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) Bathyurellus abruptus (103540 106239 106241 133127 133128 133140)
Tulean - Blackhillsian481.7 - 471.3Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) Bathyurellus abruptus (195772 195776 196381 196383)
Tulean - Blackhillsian481.7 - 471.3Canada (Newfoundland) Bathyurellus abruptus (195770 195779 196380)
Floian477.1 - 471.3Canada (Newfoundland) Bathyurellus abruptus (195746 195748)
Arenig477.1 - 468.0Greenland Bathyurellus abruptus (221130 221131)
Blackhillsian475.3 - 471.3Norway (Spitsbergen) Bathyurellus abruptus (189838)