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Uromystrum minor

Trilobita - Proetida - Bathyuridae

Taxonomy
Bathyurellus minor was named by Raymond (1905) [Other material: YPM 23308, MCZ 3424.]. Its type specimen is Carnegie Mus. H1284, a pygidium, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Uromystrum minor by Whittington (1953) and Shaw (1968).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1953Uromystrum minor Whittington p. 660
1968Uromystrum minor Shaw

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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
subfamilyBathyurellinaeHupe 1953
genusUromystrumWhittington 1953
speciesminor(Raymond 1905)

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.

Uromystrum minor Raymond 1905
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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: Fortey and Owens 1999, Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: Whiterockian or 470.00000 to 457.30000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chazyan470.0 - 457.3USA (New York) Bathyurellus minor (172321 172348)
Whiterockian470.0 - 457.3Canada (Quebec) Uromystrum minor (111333 111361 111363 111431 111432)
Whiterockian470.0 - 457.3USA (New York) Uromystrum minor (102995 103004 103311)