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Bathyuriscus wasatchensis

Artiopoda - Corynexochida - Dolichometopidae

Taxonomy
Poliella wasatchensis was named by Resser (1939). Its type specimen is USNM 98500 and is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Bathyuriscus wasatchensis by Kobayashi (1942), Sundberg (1995).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
B. boscaputensis, B. concavus, B. elegans, B. formosus, B. politus, B. richardsoni, Poliella bala

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1939Poliella wasatchensis Resser p. 30 figs. Plate 13, fig. 16
1942Bathyuriscus wasatchensis Kobayashi
1995Bathyuriscus wasatchensis Sundberg p. 209

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
RankNameAuthor
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderCorynexochida
familyDolichometopidae
genusBathyuriscusMeek 1873
specieswasatchensis()

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.

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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
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-06-02 14:41:33
Modified: 2009-06-02 16:41:33
Source: g = genus, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Hendy 2009

Age range: Dyeran or 515.30000 to 509.70000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Dyeran515.3 - 509.7USA (Utah) Bathyuriscus wasatchensis (75633)