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Bathydiscus

Agnostida - Weymouthiidae

Taxonomy
Bathydiscus was named by Rasetti (1966) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Boto Sepkoski's reference number: 458]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Weymouthiidae by Whittington et al. (1997); and to Agnostida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1966Bathydiscus Rasetti
1997Bathydiscus Whittington et al. p. 393
2002Bathydiscus Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
RankNameAuthor
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
orderAgnostidaSalter 1864
suborderEodiscina
familyWeymouthiidaeKobayashi 1943
genusBathydiscusRasetti 1966

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.

G. †Bathydiscus Rasetti 1966
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Locomotion: slow-movingo
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: detritivoreo
Vision: blindf
Created: 2009-12-13 02:47:26
Modified: 2009-12-13 04:47:26
Source: f = family, o = order
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Lenian or 516.00000 to 510.20000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lenian516.0 - 510.2USA (New York) B. dolichometopus (189 225082)