Trilobita - Proetida - Hystricuridae

Alternative combination: Bathyurus seelyi

Belongs to Paraplethopeltis according to W. D. Boyce 1989

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

Type specimen: AMNH 35502 (lectotype), a cephalon/head (cranidium)

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder