Bathydiscus

Bathydiscus is an extinct genus from a well-known class of fossil marine arthropods, the trilobites. It lived during the Botomian stage.^[1]

Bathydiscus Temporal range: Botomian (Olenellus-zone) PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Bathydiscus dolichometopus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	†Artiopoda
Class:	†Trilobita (?)
Order:	†Agnostida
Family:	†Weymouthiidae
Genus:	†Bathydiscus Rasetti, 1966
Species
B. dolichometopus[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),^[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]