Bathyurus

A picture published with the record for Bathyurus.

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Time the record covers

At least 33 million years on record.

The record covers at least 483.4 Mya to 449.6 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 488.9 Mya to 445.5 Mya.

Cambrian — about 2 of 168 occurrencesOrdovician — about 166 of 168 occurrencesOrdovician490–488 Mya — about 0.8 occurrences488–487 Mya — about 2 occurrences487–485 Mya — about 3 occurrences485–484 Mya — about 3 occurrences484–482 Mya — about 2 occurrences482–481 Mya — about 1 occurrence481–479 Mya — about 1 occurrence479–478 Mya — about 1 occurrence478–476 Mya — about 0.8 occurrences476–475 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences475–473 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences473–472 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences472–470 Mya — about 8 occurrences470–469 Mya — about 9 occurrences469–467 Mya — about 9 occurrences467–466 Mya — about 9 occurrences466–464 Mya — about 9 occurrences464–463 Mya — about 9 occurrences463–461 Mya — about 9 occurrences461–460 Mya — about 9 occurrences460–458 Mya — about 9 occurrences458–457 Mya — about 11 occurrences457–455 Mya — about 12 occurrences455–454 Mya — about 12 occurrences454–452 Mya — about 13 occurrences452–451 Mya — about 12 occurrences451–449 Mya — about 7 occurrences449–448 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences448–446 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences446–445 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences483.4 Mya449.6 Mya489.8 Mya444.6 Mya

168 occurrences of Bathyurus on record, most of them in the Ordovician. Bar height is expected occurrences, not a count: each fossil is spread across the span it is dated to, so a tall narrow bar means tight dating and a low wide one means loose.

When

168 occurrences

These are dates about fossils, not the animal: the record can only begin after it arose and end before it died out, so either end may reach further. Shares are expected occurrences: a fossil dated to a span is counted partly in each period it straddles. More on what this infers.

Found in

36 formations

Sunblood — 62.00°N, 126.00°WSunblood — 61.32°N, 125.38°WSunblood — 62.00°N, 127.00°WSunblood — 61.72°N, 125.93°WSunblood — 61.32°N, 125.55°WSunblood — 62.12°N, 126.68°WSunblood — 62.52°N, 124.78°WSunblood — 62.18°N, 126.70°WSunblood — 61.20°N, 125.78°WSunblood — 61.52°N, 125.73°WSunblood — 61.47°N, 125.07°WAntelope Valley — 38.53°N, 116.40°WAntelope Valley — 37.34°N, 115.38°WAntelope Valley — 37.30°N, 115.80°WAntelope Valley — 39.20°N, 116.25°WAntelope Valley — 39.23°N, 116.41°WEsbataottine — 61.72°N, 125.93°WEsbataottine — 62.17°N, 127.42°WEsbataottine — 61.63°N, 125.73°WEsbataottine — 62.47°N, 124.85°WBobcaygeon — 44.67°N, 78.80°WBobcaygeon — 44.53°N, 78.55°WMingan — 50.21°N, 63.62°WMingan — 50.23°N, 63.68°WMingan — 50.21°N, 63.90°WMingan — 50.20°N, 63.20°WWatts Bight — 48.53°N, 58.75°WWatts Bight — 48.55°N, 58.73°WWatts Bight — 48.52°N, 58.48°WWatts Bight — 48.51°N, 58.99°WVerulam — 44.45°N, 78.70°WVerulam — 44.52°N, 78.97°WVerulam — 44.43°N, 78.78°WTribes Hill — 42.94°N, 74.28°WTribes Hill — 42.98°N, 74.26°WTribes Hill — 42.92°N, 74.42°WGull River — 44.67°N, 78.80°WGull River — 46.25°N, 83.88°WAylmer — 45.63°N, 74.59°WAylmer — 45.37°N, 75.70°WAylmer — 45.44°N, 75.93°WSunblood, Esbataottine — 62.00°N, 127.00°WGratton Limestone — 37.10°N, 81.34°WGratton Limestone — 37.13°N, 81.49°WGratton Limestone — 37.00°N, 81.00°WLehman Fm. — 39.48°N, 114.92°WCarillon — 45.38°N, 73.71°WQuimbys Mill — 42.00°N, 90.00°WQuimbys Mill — 42.00°N, 90.50°WGrand Detour — 42.00°N, 90.00°WGrand Detour — 42.00°N, 90.50°WMifflin — 42.00°N, 90.00°WMifflin — 42.00°N, 90.50°WIrene Bay — 75.39°N, 95.52°WCarters Limestone — 35.50°N, 86.50°WChaumont — 43.23°N, 75.07°WPlatteville — 44.98°N, 93.27°WPecatonica — 42.00°N, 90.50°WNachusa — 42.00°N, 90.50°WSpechts Ferry — 42.00°N, 90.50°W

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The named rock units Bathyurus has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 12 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 13 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Bathyurus and its relatives

Ordovician

Where Bathyurus and its relatives were recorded in the Ordovician.

Found in the same rock

607 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 145 sites for Bathyurus, and this reads all of them. The number is how many of those sites it was catalogued from too. The 24 sharing the most are listed.

This is not a list of everything alive at the time. It is only what has come out of the same ground as this animal and been written down.

Entered from

30 references

Each of the 168 occurrences read was entered from one of these publications, ordered by how many each accounts for. This is not a search for papers mentioning the name. 18 further references are not listed. Entries link to doi.org where the Paleobiology Database holds an identifier, and to its own record where it does not. Relayed as the Paleobiology Database holds them, not checked against what they resolve to.

Media and terms

Media content1

Picture of Bathyurus

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via GBIF
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CC0
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No 3D scan was found. Smithsonian Open Access, MorphoSource and Sketchfab were all searched.

This is what the site found, which is not the same as what exists.

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