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Bathyurellus platypus
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
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1979 | Bathyurellus platypus Fortey p. 91 figs. Pl. 31, fig. 1, 6, 8 |
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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
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, o = order, c = class | |||||
| References: Fortey and Owens 1999, Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004 | |||||
Age range: base of the Arenig to the top of the Blackhillsian or 477.10000 to 471.30000 Ma
Collections (8 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Cassinian | Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) | Bathyurellus platypus (type locality: 103540 133140) | |
| Cassinian | Canada (Newfoundland) | Bathyurellus platypus (195757 195758 195782) | |
| Tulean - Blackhillsian | Canada (Newfoundland) | Bathyurellus platypus (196380) | |
| Tulean - Blackhillsian | Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) | Bathyurellus platypus (195776) | |
| Arenig | USA (New York) | Bathyurellus platypus (55243) |