Trilobita - Proetida - Hystricuridae

Alternative combination: Bathyurus cordai

Belongs to Paraplethopeltis according to W. D. Boyce 1989

Sister taxa: Paraplethopeltis genacurvus, Paraplethopeltis genarectus, Paraplethopeltis minuta, Paraplethopeltis seelyi

Type specimen: GSC 836c (syntype)

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder