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Bolbocephalus seelyi

Trilobita - Proetida - Bathyuridae

Taxonomy
Bathyurus seelyi was named by Whitfield (1889). Its type specimen is AMNH 35502 (lectotype), a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Division B Beds, below the lower "Ophileta beds", Section northeast of Shoreham, which is in a Stairsian carbonate limestone/dolomite in the Fort Ann Formation of Vermont. It is the type species of Bolbocephalus.

It was recombined as Paraplethopeltis seelyi by Boyce (1989); it was recombined as Bolbocephalus seelyi by Fortey and Bruton (2013).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1989Paraplethopeltis seelyi Boyce p. 43
2013Bolbocephalus seelyi Fortey and Bruton

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
Life
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderProetidaFortey and Owens 1975
familyBathyuridaeWalcott 1886
subfamilyBathyurinaeWalcott 1886
genusBolbocephalusWhitfield 1890
speciesseelyi()

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.

Bolbocephalus seelyi Whitfield 1889
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available