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Bumastus

Trilobita - Corynexochida - Illaenidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1839Bumastus Murchison
1867Illaenus (Bumastus) Salter
1916Bumastus Raymond p. 16
1925Bumastus Warburg
2002Bumastus Jell and Adrain p. 353
2002Bumastus Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
RankNameAuthor
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderCorynexochida
familyIllaenidaeHawle and Corda 1847
genusBumastusMurchison 1839

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. †Bumastus Murchison 1839
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Subg. †Bumastus (Bumastella) Kobayashi and Hamada 1974
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Bumastus (Bumastella) aspera Kobayashi and Hamada 1974
Bumastus (Bumastella) bipunctatus Kobayashi and Hamada 1974
Bumastus (Bumastella) spiculus Kobayashi and Hamada 1974
Subg. †Bumastus (Bumastus) Murchison 1839
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Bumastus (Bumastus) glomerosus Kobayashi and Hamada 1974
Bumastus (Bumastus) subquadratus Kobayashi and Hamada 1974
Bumastus agmakros Kobayashi et al. 1984
Bumastus barriensis Murchison 1839
Bumastus comes Raymond 1925
Bumastus cuniculus Hall 1868
Bumastus dayi Raymond 1916
Bumastus decipiens Raymond 1916
Bumastus dispassus Raymond 1925
Bumastus graftonensis Meek and Worthen 1870
Bumastus holei Foerste 1920
Bumastus indeterminatus Walcott 1879
Bumastus insignis Hall 1865
Bumastus ioxus Hall 1868
Bumastus kattoi Kobayashi et al. 1984
Bumastus lioderma Raymond 1925
Bumastus longiops Raymond 1925
Bumastus niagarensis Whitfield 1879
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Invalid names: Illaenus madisonianus Whitfield 1882 [synonym]
Bumastus orbicaudatus Billings 1859
Bumastus porrectus Raymond 1925
Bumastus rowleyi Foerste 1920
Bumastus sakoi Kobayashi et al. 1984
Bumastus tenuis Raymond 1916
Bumastus trentonensis Emmons 1842
Bumastus vulsus Howells 1982
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 100 to < 1000g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Adult height: 10 to < 100g
Spines: noneg
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Comments: BODY SIZE: Data from Harrington et al. (1959).g
Created: 2009-06-09 11:42:58
Modified: 2009-06-09 13:42:58
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Harrington et al. 1959, Hendy et al. 2009, Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Ordovician to the top of the Jaagarahu or 485.40000 to 422.90000 Ma

Collections (188 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7China (HeBei) B. sp. (7958)
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7China (Hunan) B. sp. (7694)
Ordovician485.4 - 443.8USA (New York) B. sp. (332)
Middle Ordovician470.0 - 458.4USA (Kentucky) B. sp. (124619)
Middle Ordovician470.0 - 458.4USA (Tennessee) B. sp. (319)
Middle Ordovician470.0 - 458.4USA (Minnesota) B. sp. (10754)
Middle Ordovician470.0 - 458.4USA (New York) B. sp. (333 334)
Chazyan470.0 - 457.3Canada (Quebec) B. sp. (305 307 311 422 435)
Chazyan470.0 - 457.3USA (New York) Illaenus indeterminatus (172317)
Whiterockian470.0 - 457.3USA (California) B. sp. (119487)

Youngest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state PBDB collection number
Jaagarahu428.2 - 422.9Estonia B. phrix (13737)
Gorstian427.4 - 425.6Sweden (Gotland) B. sp. (13603)
Gorstian427.4 - 425.6Czech Republic B. bouchardi (14049) B. hornyi (14106) B. sp. (14063)
Ludlow427.4 - 423.0Japan (Shikoku) Bumastus indet., B. barriensis, B. glomerosus, B. subquadratus, B. spiculus, B. bipunctatus, B. aspera (188690)
Ludlow427.4 - 423.0Russian Federation B. sp. (23760 23763 23764)
Ludlow427.4 - 423.0Japan (Skikoku) B. glomerosus, B. agmakros, B. kattoi, B. sakoi (188692)
Ludlow427.4 - 423.0USA (California) B. sp. (79734)
Ludfordian425.6 - 423.0Sweden (Gotland) B. sp. (13616)
Ludfordian425.6 - 423.0USA (Indiana) B. sp., B. niagarense (6706)
Pridoli423.0 - 419.2Kazakhstan B. barriensis (13973)