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Bathyurinae

Trilobita - Proetida - Bathyuridae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1886Bathyurinae Walcott
2007Bathyurinae Loch p. 23
2013Bathyurinae Fortey and Bruton

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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
subfamilyBathyurinaeWalcott 1886
subfamilyBathyurinaeWalcott 1886

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.

Subfm. †Bathyurinae Walcott 1886
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G. †Bathyurine Fortey and Bruton 2013
G. †Bolbocephalus Whitfield 1890
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Subg. †Bolbocephalus (Hadrohybus) Raymond 1925
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†Hadrohybus dunbari Raymond 1925
†Bolbocephalus convexus Billings 1865
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Invalid names: Bolbocephalus groenlandicus Poulsen 1937 [synonym]
†Bolbocephalus ellesmerensis Adrain and Westrop 2005
†Bolbocephalus glaber Poulsen 1927
†Bolbocephalus gunnari Fortey and Bruton 2013
†Bolbocephalus kindlei Boyce 1989
†Bolbocephalus myktos Loch 2007
†Bolbocephalus seelyi Whitfield 1889
†Bolbocephalus stclairi Cullison 1944
†Bolbocephalus stitti Loch 2007
G. †Catochia Fortey 1979
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†Catochia glabra Fortey 1979
†Catochia hinlopensis Fortey and Bruton 2013
†Catochia ornata Fortey 1979
G. †Cullisonia Loch 2007
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†Cullisonia producta Cullison 1944
G. †Gelasinocephalus Loch 2007
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G. †Jeffersonia Poulson 1927
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†Jeffersonia bridgei Heller 1954
†Jeffersonia exterminata Fortey and Bruton 2013
†Jeffersonia granosa Cullison 1944
†Jeffersonia jenni Cullison 1944
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Invalid names: Jeffersonia angustimarginata Boyce 1989 [synonym]
†Jeffersonia striagena Fortey and Bruton 2013
†Jeffersonia timon Billings 1865
†Jeffersonia ulrichi Loch 2007
†Jeffersonia viator Fortey and Bruton 2013
Invalid names: Bathyurina Poulsen 1937 [synonym]
G. †Peltabellia Whittington 1953
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†Peltabellia baumannensis Adrain and Westrop 2005
†Peltabellia elegans Fortey and Peel 1990
†Peltabellia glabra Fortey and Bruton 2013
†Peltabellia lata Zhou and Fortey 1986
†Peltabellia sibirica Maksimova 1955
Invalid names: Biolgina Maksimova 1955 [synonym]
G. †Petigurus Raymond 1913
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†Petigurus cullisoni Loch 2007
†Petigurus cybele Billings 1859
†Petigurus groenlandicus Poulsen 1937
†Petigurus inexpectatus Fortey and Droser 1996
†Petigurus nero Billings 1865
G. †Psalikilopsis Ross 1953
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G. †Rananasus Cullison 1944
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†Rananasus brevicephalus Cullison 1944
G. †Ranasasus Cullison 1944
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†Ranasasus brevicephalus Cullison 1944
†Ranasasus colossus Loch 2007
†Ranasasus conicus Cullison 1944
G. †Speyeris Loch 2007
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†Speyeris hami Loch 2007
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: Whittington et al. 1997, Fortey and Owens 1999, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Tulean to the top of the Arenig or 480.80000 to 466.00000 Ma

Collections (253 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Skullrockian - Tulean487.5 - 474.9Canada (Newfoundland) Bolbocephalus convexus, Jeffersonia angustimarginata, Petigurus nero (195781)
Ibexian487.5 - 470.0Norway (Spitsbergen) Bathyurina indet. (106470)
Ibexian487.5 - 470.0Canada (Quebec) Bolbocephalus convexus (111453)
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7Canada (Alberta) Peltabellia sp. (10943)
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7Argentina Peltabellia sp. (8704)
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7China (Heibei Provence) Peltabellia lata (157257 157277 157280 157281 157283)
Demingian485.4 - 478.6Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) Paraplethopeltis seelyi (106211)
Demingian485.4 - 478.6Canada (Newfoundland) Paraplethopeltis seelyi (195754 196501)
Stairsian485.4 - 478.6USA (Missouri) Jeffersonia bridgei (114591)
Stairsian485.4 - 478.6USA (Vermont) Bathyurus seelyi (56488)
Stairsian485.4 - 478.6USA (Idaho) Peltabellia sp. 5, Psalikilopsis sp. 1 (228283)
Tremadocian485.4 - 477.7Greenland Peltabellia elegans (181518)
Early/Lower Ordovician485.4 - 470.0USA (Texas) Jeffersonia sp., Rananasus sp. (293)
Early/Lower Ordovician485.4 - 470.0USA (New York) Bolbocephalus sp. (290)
Jeffersonian485.4 - 470.0Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) Bolbocephalus convexus (106225 106226 106228 106229 106231) Bolbocephalus convexus, Jeffersonia angustimarginata (106232 106233 106234) Bolbocephalus convexus, Jeffersonia angustimarginata, Petigurus nero (106230 106236) Jeffersonia angustimarginata (106224) Peltabellia willistoni, Petigurus sp. A of Boyce 1989, Bolbocephalus convexus, Jeffersonia angustimarginata, Petigurus groenlandicus (133147) Petigurus nero (106235)
Jeffersonian485.4 - 470.0USA (Missouri) Bolbocephalus jeffersonensis (56503) Rananasus brevicephalus (56505 210300)
Jeffersonian485.4 - 470.0USA (Oklahoma) Bolbocephalus jeffersonensis (106838) Bolbocephalus jeffersonensis, Cullisonia producta, Ranasasus brevicephalus (106841 106855) Bolbocephalus jeffersonensis, Ranasasus brevicephalus (106573) Bolbocephalus myktos (106584 106859 106864) Bolbocephalus myktos, Cullisonia producta (106850) Bolbocephalus myktos, Jeffersonia granosa (106868) Bolbocephalus sp. (106733) Bolbocephalus sp. 1, Bolbocephalus jeffersonensis, Bolbocephalus myktos, Ranasasus brevicephalus (106857) Bolbocephalus sp. 2 (106617) Bolbocephalus sp. 2, Gelasinocephalus whittingtoni, Jeffersonia ulrichi (106613) Bolbocephalus sp., Gelasinocephalus whittingtoni, Gelasinocephalus pustulosus, Jeffersonia granosa, Ranasasus colossus (106876) Bolbocephalus spp., Jeffersonia ulrichi (106611) Cullisonia producta (106575 106845 106849 106854) Cullisonia producta, Jeffersonia granosa (106861) Cullisonia producta, Ranasasus brevicephalus (106840 106852) Cullisonia producta, Ranasasus conicus (106576) Gelasinocephalus pustulosus, Jeffersonia ulrichi (106612) Gelasinocephalus whittingtoni (106608 106925) Gelasinocephalus whittingtoni, Gelasinocephalus pustulosus (106615) Jeffersonia granosa (106580 106582 106583 106604 106606 106862 106863 106867 106869 106870 106873) Jeffersonia sp. 1, Bolbocephalus myktos, Cullisonia producta (106856) Jeffersonia ulrichi (106619 106620 106622 106623 106624 106626 106734 106735) Petigurus sp. (106930) Petigurus sp. 1 (106627) Petigurus sp. 1, Gelasinocephalus whittingtoni (106621) Ranasasus brevicephalus (106574 106842 106846 106847 106848 106851 106853) Speyeris hami (106935)
Jeffersonian485.4 - 470.0Canada (Newfoundland) Bolbocephalus sp., Bathyurina sp., Bolbocephalus convexus, Paraplethopeltis seelyi (195774) Peltabellia willistoni, Petigurus sp., Bolbocephalus convexus, Catochia ornata, Jeffersonia angustimarginata, Petigurus nero, Petigurus groenlandicus (195756) Petigurus sp., Bolbocephalus convexus, Catochia ornata, Jeffersonia angustimarginata, Petigurus nero, Petigurus groenlandicus (195785)
Jeffersonian485.4 - 470.0USA (Texas) Jeffersonia granosa (80088) Jeffersonia producta, Jeffersonia granosa (56490) Jeffersonia sp. (80089)
Tremadocian - Floian485.4 - 470.0Iran Peltabellia sp. (66868)
Tremadocian - Dapingian485.4 - 467.3Russian Federation (Krasnoyar) Biolgina sibirica (131154)
Canadian485.4 - 457.3Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) Bolbocephalus convexus, Jeffersonia angustimarginata (196382)
Cassinian482.3 - 470.0Canada (Newfoundland) Bolbocephalus convexus, Jeffersonia timon, Petigurus nero (195782 195783) Catochia ornata, Jeffersonia timon, Petigurus nero (195784) Jeffersonia sp., Petigurus sp., Bolbocephalus convexus, Catochia glabra, Bolbocephalus kindlei, Jeffersonia angustimarginata, Jeffersonia timon, Petigurus nero (195758) Jeffersonia sp., Petigurus sp., Bolbocephalus convexus, Catochia ornata, Jeffersonia angustimarginata, Jeffersonia timon, Petigurus nero (195757)
Cassinian482.3 - 470.0USA (Oklahoma) Bolbocephalus convexus (106949) Bolbocephalus sp. (106764 106810) Bolbocephalus sp. 2 (106823) Bolbocephalus sp. 3 (106833) Bolbocephalus sp., Bolbocephalus convexus, Petigurus cullisoni, Speyeris hami (106755) Bolbocephalus sp., Bolbocephalus stitti (106813) Bolbocephalus sp., Bolbocephalus stitti, Jeffersonia jenni (106835) Bolbocephalus stitti (106802 106803 106818 106822 106824 106825 106828 106829 106830 106834 106962 106964) Bolbocephalus stitti, Jeffersonia jenni (106836) Bolbocephalus stitti, Petigurus cullisoni (106792) Jeffersonia jenni (106837) Jeffersonia sp. 2 (106761 106770 106772) Jeffersonia sp. 2, Bolbocephalus convexus, Petigurus cullisoni (106763) Jeffersonia sp. 2, Bolbocephalus stitti, Petigurus cullisoni (106800) Jeffersonia sp. 2, Petigurus cullisoni (106952) Jeffersonia sp.2, Petigurus sp. 1, Petigurus cullisoni (106954) Jeffersonia ulrichi (106745) Petigurus cullisoni (106743 106746 106751 106754 106765 106766 106767 106775 106777 106781 106784 106788 106789 106793 106796 106806 106807 106819 106943 106948 106953 106955 106957 106958 106959 106960 106963) Petigurus cullisoni, Ranasasus sp. 1 (106811) Petigurus cullisoni, Speyeris hami (106750 106936) Petigurus sp. 1 (106942) Ranasasus sp. 1 (106821) Speyeris hami (106937 106939 106940 106941)
Cassinian482.3 - 470.0Canada (Quebec) Bolbocephalus convexus (50065) Jeffersonia sp., Bathyurina sp., Jeffersonia timon (50062)
Cassinian482.3 - 470.0Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) Bathyurina timon, Bolbocephalus convexus, Catochia ornata, Catochia glabra, Jeffersonia angustimarginata, Petigurus nero, Bathyurina sp. (103540) Bolbocephalus convexus (106237) Bolbocephalus convexus, Catochia ornata, Bolbocephalus kindlei, Jeffersonia angustimarginata, Jeffersonia timon, Petigurus nero (106239 106241) Bolbocephalus convexus, Catochia ornata, Jeffersonia angustimarginata, Petigurus nero (106238) Bolbocephalus convexus, Jeffersonia timon, Petigurus nero (133128) Jeffersonia angustimarginata, Jeffersonia timon, Petigurus nero (133140) Jeffersonia sp., Petigurus Boyce 1989 sp. nov. A., Bolbocephalus convexus, Jeffersonia angustimarginata, Jeffersonia timon, Petigurus nero (69196) Jeffersonia timon (133134) Jeffersonia timon, Petigurus nero (106240 133127)
Cassinian482.3 - 470.0USA (Missouri) Bolbocephalus sainteclairi (75543) Bolbocephalus stclairi (75519) Jeffersonia jenni, Bolbocephalus stclairi (56439)
Cassinian482.3 - 470.0Greenland Petigurus groenlandicus (122083)
Tulean480.8 - 474.9Canada (Nunavut) Bolbocephalus ellesmerensis (173917) Jeffersonia sp., Peltabellia baumannensis (173916) Peltabellia baumannensis (173915)
Tulean480.8 - 474.9USA (Idaho) Jeffersonia peltabella (103801) Peltabellia sp. 1, Peltabellia sp. 2 (228266 228267) Peltabellia sp. 7, Psalikilopsis cuspicaudata (228285 228298) Psalikilopsis cuspidicauda (105092)
Tulean480.8 - 474.9Norway (Spitsbergen) Bolbocephalus convexus, Jeffersonia timon, Jeffersonia granosa, Petigurus groenlandicus, Bolbocephalus gunnari, Bolbocephalus stclairi, Catochia hinlopensis, Jeffersonia striagena, Psalikilopsis cuspicaudata, Bathyurine sp. (189837) Bolbocephalus kindlei (189832) Peltabellia glabra (189835) Petigurus groenlandicus, Bolbocephalus gunnari, Jeffersonia viator (189836)
Tulean480.8 - 474.9USA (Utah) Bolbocephalus sp. (104097) Bolbocephalus sp. 1 (228309) Gelasinocephalus sp. A (228306) Jeffersonia sp. A (104099) Jeffersonia sp. B (104113) Peltabellia sp. 6 (228284)
Tulean480.8 - 474.9Canada (Newfoundland) Paraplethopeltis seelyi (195773) Peltabellia sp., Bathyurina sp., Bathyurus timon, Bolbocephalus convexus, Paraplethopeltis seelyi, Petigurus nero, Bolbocephalus seelyi (195769)
Tulean480.8 - 474.9USA (Montana) Peltabellia sp. (287) Peltabellia willistoni (174362)
Tulean480.8 - 474.9Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) Bolbocephalus convexus (195775)
Tulean - Blackhillsian480.8 - 470.0Canada (Newfoundland) Bolbocephalus convexus, Jeffersonia angustimarginata, Petigurus nero (195779) Bolbocephalus sp., Bolbocephalus convexus, Jeffersonia jenni (196385) Bolbocephalus sp., Peltabellia sp., Bathyurina sp., Bathyurus timon, Bolbocephalus convexus, Petigurus nero (195770) Bolbocephalus sp., Peltabellia willistoni, Bathyurina sp., Bathyurina timon, Bolbocephalus convexus, Catochia ornata, Catochia glabra, Jeffersonia angustimarginata, Jeffersonia timon, Petigurus nero, Petigurus groenlandicus (196380)
Tulean - Blackhillsian480.8 - 470.0USA (Nevada) Petigurus sp. (77186)
Tulean - Blackhillsian480.8 - 470.0Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) Bolbocephalus convexus (195772) Bolbocephalus convexus, Jeffersonia angustimarginata, Petigurus nero (196383) Bolbocephalus sp., Bolbocephalus convexus, Catochia ornata, Petigurus nero (196381) Peltabellia willistoni, Bathyurina sp., Bolbocephalus convexus, Petigurus nero, Petigurus groenlandicus (196503) Petigurus sp., Bolbocephalus convexus, Catochia ornata, Catochia glabra, Jeffersonia angustimarginata, Jeffersonia timon, Petigurus nero (195776)
Arenig478.6 - 466.0Argentina Peltabellia sp. (8721)
Arenig478.6 - 466.0Russian Federation (Siberia) Biolgina sp. (9226)
Arenig478.6 - 466.0Greenland Bolbocephalus groenlandicus (122116) Bolbocephalus groenlandicus, Petigurus groenlandicus (122088) Jeffersonia timon (221131) Petigurus groenlandicus (122081 122082) Petigurus groenlandicus, Bathyurina megalops (122080) Petigurus nero (221130)
Arenig478.6 - 466.0Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) Bolbocephalus sp., Petigurus sp. (78092 78095) Petigurus sp. (78093)
Floian477.7 - 470.0Canada (Ontario) Bolbocephalus convexus (173861)
Floian477.7 - 470.0Canada (Newfoundland) Bolbocephalus convexus, Jeffersonia angustimarginata, Petigurus nero (195746) Jeffersonia sp., Bolbocephalus convexus, Catochia ornata, Jeffersonia angustimarginata, Petigurus nero (195748)
Blackhillsian474.9 - 470.0USA (Utah) Jeffersonia sp. C (105780)
Blackhillsian474.9 - 470.0Canada (Newfoundland) Bolbocephalus sp., Jeffersonia sp. (195777)
Blackhillsian474.9 - 470.0USA (Idaho) Petigurus sp. (103790)
Blackhillsian474.9 - 470.0Norway (Spitsbergen) Bolbocephalus convexus, Catochia ornata, Jeffersonia timon, Petigurus nero, Bolbocephalus stclairi, Catochia hinlopensis (189838)
Blackhillsian474.9 - 470.0USA (Nevada) Bolbocephalus sp. (104551) Jeffersonia sp. (104548) Peltabellia sp. (104550 104571)
Rangerian470.0 - 470.3USA (Utah) Petigurus inexpectatus (37462)
Whiterockian470.0 - 457.3USA (Nevada) Petigurus inexpectatus (37481)
Whiterockian470.0 - 457.3USA (Utah) Bolbocephalus sp. (104250)
Llanvirn468.0 - 458.4Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) Bathyurina sp. (78097)
Darriwilian467.3 - 458.4Canada (Newfoundland) Hadrohybus dunbari (192823)