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Bathyurus ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4637593	https://www.gbif.org/species/4637593
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	21090	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=21090

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Proetida : Bathyuridae : Bathyurus

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
genus	Bathyurus	Billings 1859

Scientific Name

Bathyurus Billings, 1859

Name Published In

Canad. Natural., 4

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Bathyurus	genus	belongs to Bathyuridae	stated without evidence	Jell and Adrain, 2002
Bathyurus	genus	belongs to Proetida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

488 - 478 Ma
Paleozoic

Last Recorded Appearance

450 - 444 Ma
Paleozoic

Environment

marine (based on Trilobita)

Motility

fast-moving (based on Trilobita)

Vision

well-developed (based on Bathyuridae)

Diet

deposit feeder (based on Proetida)

Ontogeny

molting,addition of parts (based on Trilobita)

Ecospace Comments

BODY SIZE: Data from Harrington et al. (1959).

Taphonomy

minor spines

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Bathyurus (Raymondites) ✝ subgenus	listed (PBDB)		28	470 Ma Middle Ordovician	461 Ma Middle Ordovician
Bathyurus acutus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		8	488 Ma Cambrian	461 Ma Middle Ordovician
Bathyurus amplimarginiatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Bathyurus angustus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	472 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician	468 Ma Middle Ordovician
Bathyurus clochensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Bathyurus congeneris species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Bathyurus esbataottinensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	461 Ma Middle Ordovician	461 Ma Middle Ordovician
Bathyurus eskimoensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		7	472 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician	472 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician
Bathyurus extans ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		17	472 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician	461 Ma Middle Ordovician
Bathyurus gibberulus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Bathyurus granulosus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		7	472 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician	468 Ma Middle Ordovician
Bathyurus haydeni species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Bathyurus ingalli species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Bathyurus levis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Bathyurus longispinus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Bathyurus mackenziensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		13	472 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician	472 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician
Bathyurus margareti ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		5	479 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician	472 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician
Bathyurus missouriensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Bathyurus nevadensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	472 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician	468 Ma Middle Ordovician
Bathyurus platyparius ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	461 Ma Middle Ordovician	461 Ma Middle Ordovician
Bathyurus pogonipensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Bathyurus schucherti species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Bathyurus serratus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Bathyurus similis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Bathyurus spiniger species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Bathyurus sunbloodensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		11	488 Ma Cambrian	472 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician
Bathyurus superbus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	461 Ma Middle Ordovician	461 Ma Middle Ordovician
Bathyurus tuberculatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Bathyurus ulu ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	461 Ma Middle Ordovician	461 Ma Middle Ordovician
Bathyurus woosteri species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1859	Bathyurus Billings
2002	Bathyurus Jell and Adrain p. 348
2002	Bathyurus Sepkoski, Jr.

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

Jell P. A., Adrain J. M. (2002) Available generic names for trilobites, Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 48 2, 331-553

GBIF/Paleo Database - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

SN2000: Brands, S. J. (compiler) 1989-2005. Systema Naturae 2000. Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2006 version). Available online at http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

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

Canad. Natural., 4 - 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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