Biology:Bathydiscus
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| Genus: | Bathydiscus Rasetti, 1966
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Bathydiscus is an extinct genus from a well-known class of fossil marine arthropods, the trilobites. It lived during the Botomian stage.[1]
Distribution
Bathydiscus is known from the Lower Cambrian of the United States (unnamed formation, East Chatham Quad, Columbia County, New York State [ ⚑ ] 42°24′N 73°30′W / 42.4°N 73.5°W),[2] and of Canada (Newfoundland).[3]
Ecology
Bathydiscus occurs in association with other Weymouthiidae (Acidiscus, Acimetopus, Analox, Bolboparia, Leptochilodiscus, Serrodiscus), Calodiscus, several species of Olenellus and Bonnia (Dorypygidae).[2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera (Trilobita entry)". Bulletins of American Paleontology 364: 560. Archived from the original on 5 September 2006. https://web.archive.org/web/20060905162524/http://strata.ummp.lsa.umich.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=307&rank=class. Retrieved 12 January 2008.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Paleobiology Database. "East Chatham Quad, unnamed fm., NY (Cambrian of the United States) (trilobite)". http://paleodb.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?a=basicCollectionSearch&collection_no=189. Retrieved 19 December 2012.
- ↑ Whittington, H. B. et al. Part O, Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology. Revised, Volume 1 – Trilobita – Introduction, Order Agnostida, Order Redlichiida. 1997
Wikidata ☰ Q14706171 entry
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