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Bathyurellus platypus

Trilobita - Proetida - Bathyuridae

Taxonomy
Bathyurellus platypus was named by Fortey (1979) [Paratypes: cranidium, GSC 56848; pygidia, GSC 56849-50, 56891; librigena, GSC 56851, 56892; hypostoma, GSC 56852.]. Its type specimen is GSC 56847, an exoskeleton (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Catoche Formation type section, which is in a Cassinian open shallow subtidal limestone/dolomite in the Catoche Formation of Canada.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1979Bathyurellus platypus Fortey p. 91 figs. Pl. 31, fig. 1, 6, 8

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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
genusBathyurellusBillings 1865
speciesplatypus

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.

†Bathyurellus platypus Fortey 1979
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Diagnosis
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