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Petigurus nero

Trilobita - Proetida - Bathyuridae

Taxonomy
Bathyurus nero was named by Billings (1865) [Lectotype selected by Whittington 1953.]. Its type specimen is GSC 750 (lectotype), a cephalothorax (glabella only), and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Petigurus nero by Whittington (1953) and Fortey and Bruton (2013).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1953Petigurus nero Whittington p. 658
2013Petigurus nero 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
genusPetigurusRaymond 1913
speciesnero(Billings 1865)

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.

Petigurus nero Billings 1865
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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: Whittington et al. 1997, Fortey and Owens 1999, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Floian to the top of the Blackhillsian or 477.70000 to 470.00000 Ma

Collections (32 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Skullrockian - Tulean487.5 - 474.9Canada (Newfoundland) Petigurus nero (195781)
Jeffersonian485.4 - 470.0Canada (Newfoundland) Petigurus nero (195756 195785)
Jeffersonian485.4 - 470.0Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) Petigurus nero (106230 106235 106236)
Cassinian482.3 - 470.0Canada (Newfoundland) Petigurus nero (195757 195758 195782 195783 195784)
Cassinian482.3 - 470.0Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) Petigurus nero (69196 103540 106238 106239 106240 106241 133127 133128 133140)
Tulean480.8 - 474.9Canada (Newfoundland) Petigurus nero (195769)
Tulean - Blackhillsian480.8 - 470.0Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) Petigurus nero (195776 196381 196383 196503)
Tulean - Blackhillsian480.8 - 470.0Canada (Newfoundland) Petigurus nero (195770 195779 196380)
Arenig478.6 - 466.0Greenland Petigurus nero (221130)
Floian477.7 - 470.0Canada (Newfoundland) Petigurus nero (195746 195748)
Blackhillsian474.9 - 470.0Norway (Spitsbergen) Petigurus nero (189838)