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Bathyuridae ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	3267217	https://www.gbif.org/species/3267217
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	124260	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=124260

Rank

family

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Proetida : Bathyuridae

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Ecdysozoa
-	Panarthropoda
phylum	Arthropoda	Latreille 1829
subphylum	Mandibulata
class	Trilobita	Walch 1771
order	Proetida	Fortey and Owens 1975
family	Bathyuridae	Walcott 1886

Scientific Name

Bathyuridae

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Bathyuridae	family	belongs to Proetida	stated with evidence	Whittington et al., 1997
Bathyuridae	family	belongs to Proetida	stated without evidence	Fortey and Droser, 1999
Bathyuridae	family	belongs to Aulacopleurida	stated with evidence	Adrain, 2011
Bathyuridae	family	belongs to Proetida	stated with evidence	Fortey and Bruton, 2013

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

193

First Recorded Appearance

488 - 479 Ma
Paleozoic

Last Recorded Appearance

450 - 444 Ma
Paleozoic

Environment

marine (based on Trilobita)

Motility

fast-moving (based on Trilobita)

Vision

well-developed

Diet

deposit feeder (based on Proetida)

Ontogeny

molting,addition of parts (based on Trilobita)

Taphonomy

low Mg calcite, chitin (based on Trilobita)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

R. A. Fortey and M. L. Droser. 1999. Trilobites from the Base of the Type Whiterockian (Middle Ordovician) in Nevada. Journal of Paleontology 73(2):182-201

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Bathyurellinae ✝ subfamily	listed (PBDB)		450	488 Ma Cambrian	466 Ma Middle Ordovician
Bathyurinae ✝ subfamily	listed (PBDB)		432	488 Ma Cambrian	467 Ma Middle Ordovician
Acidiphorus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		104	488 Ma Cambrian	458 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Aponileus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Bathyurellus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		91	485 Ma Cambrian	466 Ma Middle Ordovician
Bathyurina ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		9	488 Ma Cambrian	466 Ma Middle Ordovician
Bathyurus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		153	488 Ma Cambrian	450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Benthamaspis ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		94	488 Ma Cambrian	466 Ma Middle Ordovician
Bolbocephalus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		124	488 Ma Cambrian	467 Ma Middle Ordovician
Catochia ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		19	485 Ma Cambrian	478 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician
Ceratopeltis ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	485 Ma Cambrian	479 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician
Chapmanopyge ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		20	488 Ma Cambrian	485 Ma Cambrian
Cullisonia ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		13	485 Ma Cambrian	485 Ma Cambrian
Eleutherocentrus ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		22	479 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician	468 Ma Middle Ordovician
Ermanella ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	464 Ma Middle Ordovician	464 Ma Middle Ordovician
Gelasinocephalus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		9	485 Ma Cambrian	485 Ma Cambrian
Goniotelus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Grinnellaspis ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		21	485 Ma Cambrian	479 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician
Harlandaspis ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		8	485 Ma Cambrian	479 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician
Jeffersonia ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		105	485 Ma Cambrian	478 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician
Licnocephala ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		33	488 Ma Cambrian	479 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician
Lutesvillia ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		35	485 Ma Cambrian	479 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician
Madaraspis ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	472 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician	472 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician
Peltabellia ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		34	485 Ma Cambrian	479 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician
Petigurus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		100	485 Ma Cambrian	472 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician
Psalikilopsis genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Psephosthenaspis ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		37	472 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician	472 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician
Pseudoolenoides ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		31	472 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician	470 Ma Middle Ordovician
Punka ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		80	485 Ma Cambrian	466 Ma Middle Ordovician
Rananasus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	485 Ma Cambrian	485 Ma Cambrian
Ranasasus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		17	485 Ma Cambrian	479 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician
Raymondites ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		5	472 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician	461 Ma Middle Ordovician
Speyeris ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		8	485 Ma Cambrian	479 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician
Strigigenalis ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		121	488 Ma Cambrian	472 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician
Uromystrum ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		65	485 Ma Cambrian	466 Ma Middle Ordovician

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1886	Bathyuridae Walcott
1997	Bathyuridae Whittington et al. p. 300
1999	Bathyuridae Fortey and Droser p. 189
2011	Bathyuridae Adrain p. 106
2013	Bathyuridae Fortey and Bruton

References

Fortey R. A., Droser M. L. (1999) Trilobites from the Base of the Type Whiterockian (Middle Ordovician) in Nevada, Journal of Paleontology 73 2, 182-201

Whittington H. B., Chatterton B. D. E., et al (1997) Trilobita. Introduction, Order Agnostina, Order Redlichiida. Volume 1, Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology O, 1-530

Adrain J. M. (2011) Class Trilobita Walch, 1771, Animal biodiversity: an outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness 3148, 104-109

Fortey R. A., Bruton D. L. (2013) Lower Ordovician trilobites of the Kirtonryggen Formation, Spitsbergen, Fossils and Strata 59, 1-116

Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Museum Victoria KEmu database (Oct 2006) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

extinct group - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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