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Bathycheilus

Trilobita - Phacopida - Bathycheilidae

Taxonomy
Bathycheilus was named by Holub (1908) [Sepkoski's age data: O Aren O Llvi].

It was assigned to Bathycheilidae by Jell and Adrain (2002); and to Phacopida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1908Bathycheilus Holub
1984Parabathycheilus Mergl
2002Bathycheilus Jell and Adrain p. 347
2002Bathycheilus Sepkoski
2002Parabathycheilus Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderPhacopidaSalter 1864
suborderCalymeninaSwinnerton 1915
familyBathycheilidaePribyl 1953
genusBathycheilusHolub 1908

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. †Bathycheilus Holub 1908
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†Bathycheilus castilianus Hammann 1983
Invalid names: Parabathycheilus Mergl 1984 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10g
Spines: minorg
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Comments: BODY SIZE: Data from Harrington et al. (1959).g
Created: 2009-06-10 07:26:06
Modified: 2009-06-10 09:26:06
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: base of the Arenig to the top of the Llandeilo or 478.60000 to 458.40000 Ma

Collections (29 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7Czech Republic Parabathycheilus krafti (192830) Parabathycheilus vagans (223845)
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7Spain (Zaragoza) B. sp. (21076)
Tremadocian485.4 - 477.7Czech Republic Parabathycheilus krafti (229958)
Tremadocian485.4 - 477.7Morocco (Anti-Atlas) Parabathycheilus sp. (166727)
Arenig478.6 - 466.0Morocco B. sp. (20979 56608)
Klabava478.6 - 466.0France (Montagne Noire) B. gallicus (211008) B. sp. (20824)
Floian477.7 - 470.0Morocco (Tarfaya) B. gallicus (56583)
Floian477.7 - 470.0Morocco B. gallicus (56592) B. sp. (56574)
Floian477.7 - 470.0Morocco (Anti Atlas) Parabathycheilus gallicus (166726 166730 166731)
Fennian470.7 - 468.0France (Montagne Noire) B. sp. (20825)
Middle Ordovician - Ordovician470.0 - 443.8France B. sp. (174541)
Oretanian468.0 - 459.0Spain (Cuidad Real) B. sp. (21053 21054)
Oretanian468.0 - 459.0Spain (Toledo) B. castilianus (20959) B. sp. (20898)
Oretanian468.0 - 459.0Morocco B. sp. (20978 20986)
Oretanian468.0 - 459.0Spain (Sierra Morena) B. sp. (21015)
Llanvirn468.0 - 458.4Czech Republic (Prague) B. sp. (76458)
Sarka466.0 - 466.0Czech Republic B. sp. (3857)
Llandeilo461.1 - 458.4United Kingdom (England) B. sp. (3308)
Dobrotivian459.0 - 457.9Morocco (Guelmim-Es Semara) B. sp. (157000)
Dobrotivian459.0 - 457.9Portugal B. sp. (20958)