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Bathyuriscus belesis

Trilobita - Corynexochida - Dolichometopidae

Taxonomy
Bathyuriscus belesis was named by Walcott (1916). Its type specimen is USNM 62667-76 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is 4V. Gordon Creek, 9.6 km from the South Fork of Flathead River, which is in a Delamaran marine shale in the Gordon Shale Formation of Montana.

It was recombined as Glossopleura belesis by Resser (1935).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1916Bathyuriscus belesis Walcott p. 338 figs. pi. 50, figs, 1-1i
1935Glossopleura belesis Resser p. 32

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderCorynexochida
familyDolichometopidae
genusBathyuriscusMeek 1873
speciesbelesis

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 belesis Walcott 1916
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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: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Hendy 2009

Age range: Delamaran or 511.20000 to 506.50000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Delamaran511.2 - 506.5USA (California) Bathyuriscus belesis (219690)
Delamaran511.2 - 506.5USA (Montana) Bathyuriscus belesis (type locality: 225273)