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Bathyuriscus petalus

Artiopoda - Corynexochida - Dolichometopidae

Taxonomy
Bathyuriscus petalus was named by Fritz (1968). Its type specimen is USNM 153661, a pygidium, and it is a 3D body fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
B. boscaputensis, B. concavus, B. elegans, B. formosus, B. politus, B. richardsoni, Poliella bala

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1968Bathyuriscus petalus Fritz pp. 203-204 figs. Pl. 43, fig. 30

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
RankNameAuthor
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderCorynexochida
familyDolichometopidae
genusBathyuriscusMeek 1873
speciespetalus

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.

†Bathyuriscus petalus Fritz 1968
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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
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: Delamaran or 509.70000 to 505.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Delamaran509.7 - 505.3USA (Nevada) Bathyuriscus petalus (77205)