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Bathyuriscus terranovensis

Trilobita - Corynexochida - Dolichometopidae

Taxonomy
Bathyuriscus terranovensis was named by Young and Ludvigsen (1989). Its type specimen is GSC 77340, a cephalon/head, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Kindle boulder #357, B Biofacies, Downes Point Mb, - Young and Ludvigsen 1989, which is in a Solvan slope packstone/wackestone in the Shallow Bay Formation of Canada.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1989Bathyuriscus terranovensis Young and Ludvigsen p. 15 figs. pl. 3, figs. 6–12, text-fig. 5a
2018Bathyuriscus terranovensis Sundberg p. 18 figs. Figure 11.1 - 11.10

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderCorynexochida
familyDolichometopidae
genusBathyuriscusMeek 1873
speciesterranovensisYoung and Ludvigsen 1989

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 terranovensis Young and Ludvigsen 1989
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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 2009, Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Solvan or 508.20000 to 504.50000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Solvan508.2 - 504.5Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) Bathyuriscus terranovensis (10820 type locality: 10831 10847 10850)