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Bathyurus mackenziensis

Trilobita - Proetida - Bathyuridae

Taxonomy
Bathyurus mackenziensis was named by Tremblay and Westrop (1991). Its type specimen is ROM 47646, a pygidium, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Southwestern District of Mackenzie, Caribou Range (S-88), which is in a Whiterockian shallow subtidal limestone in the Sunblood Formation of Canada.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
B. angelini, B. candatus, B. trispinosus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1991Bathyurus mackenziensis Tremblay and Westrop

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderProetidaFortey and Owens 1975
familyBathyuridaeWalcott 1886
genusBathyurusBillings 1859
speciesmackenziensis

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 mackenziensis Tremblay and Westrop 1991
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available