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Petigurus

Artiopoda - Proetida - Bathyuridae

Taxonomy
Petigurus was named by Raymond (1913) [Sepkoski's age data: O Aren-l O Llvi-l Sepkoski's reference number: 795].

It was assigned to Proetida by Sepkoski (2002); to Bathyuridae by Jell and Adrain (2002); and to Bathyurinae by Fortey and Bruton (2013).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1913Petigurus Raymond
2002Petigurus Jell and Adrain p. 424
2002Petigurus Sepkoski
2013Petigurus Fortey and Bruton

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
RankNameAuthor
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderProetidaFortey and Owens 1975
familyBathyuridaeWalcott 1886
subfamilyBathyurinaeWalcott 1886
genusPetigurusRaymond 1913

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. †Petigurus Raymond 1913
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Petigurus cullisoni Loch 2007
Petigurus cybele Billings 1859
Petigurus groenlandicus Poulsen 1937
Petigurus inexpectatus Fortey and Droser 1996
Petigurus nero Billings 1865
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: deposit feedero
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-19 02:31:34
Modified: 2009-12-19 04:31:34
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Fortey and Owens 1999, Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Floian to the top of the Rangerian or 477.10000 to 470.30000 Ma

Collections (87 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Skullrockian - Tulean488.9 - 475.3Canada (Newfoundland) P. nero (195781)
Jeffersonian486.85 - 471.3Canada (Newfoundland) P. sp., P. nero, P. groenlandicus (195756 195785)
Jeffersonian486.85 - 471.3Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) P. nero (106230 106235 106236) P. sp. A of Boyce 1989, P. groenlandicus (133147)
Jeffersonian486.85 - 471.3USA (Oklahoma) P. sp. (106930) P. sp. 1 (106621 106627)
Cassinian483.4 - 471.3USA (Oklahoma) P. cullisoni (106743 106746 106750 106751 106754 106755 106763 106765 106766 106767 106775 106777 106781 106784 106788 106789 106792 106793 106796 106800 106806 106807 106811 106819 106936 106943 106948 106952 106953 106955 106957 106958 106959 106960 106963) P. sp. 1 (106942) P. sp. 1, P. cullisoni (106954)
Cassinian483.4 - 471.3Greenland P. groenlandicus (122083)
Cassinian483.4 - 471.3Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) P. Boyce 1989 sp. nov. A., P. nero (69196) P. nero (103540 106238 106239 106240 106241 133127 133128 133140)
Cassinian483.4 - 471.3Canada (Newfoundland) P. nero (195782 195783 195784) P. sp., P. nero (195757 195758)
Tulean481.7 - 475.3Canada (Newfoundland) P. nero (195769)
Tulean481.7 - 475.3Norway (Spitsbergen) P. groenlandicus (189836 189837)
Tulean - Blackhillsian481.7 - 471.3Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) P. nero (196381 196383) P. nero, P. groenlandicus (196503) P. sp., P. nero (195776)
Tulean - Blackhillsian481.7 - 471.3Canada (Newfoundland) P. nero (195770 195779) P. nero, P. groenlandicus (196380)
Tulean - Blackhillsian481.7 - 471.3USA (Nevada) P. sp. (77186)
Floian477.1 - 471.3Canada (Newfoundland) P. nero (195746 195748)
Arenig477.1 - 468.0Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) P. sp. (78092 78093 78095)
Arenig477.1 - 468.0Greenland P. groenlandicus (122080 122081 122082 122088) P. nero (221130)
Blackhillsian475.3 - 471.3USA (Idaho) P. sp. (103790)
Blackhillsian475.3 - 471.3Norway (Spitsbergen) P. nero (189838)
Rangerian471.3 - 470.3USA (Utah) P. inexpectatus (37462)
Whiterockian471.3 - 457.3USA (Nevada) P. inexpectatus (37481)