''Battus'' is a
synonym for several
agnostid trilobite
Trilobites (; meaning "three lobes") are extinct marine arthropods that form the class Trilobita. Trilobites form one of the earliest-known groups of arthropods. The first appearance of trilobites in the fossil record defines the base of the ...
s, now assigned to other
genera.
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Etymology
In
Greek mythology
A major branch of classical mythology, Greek mythology is the body of myths originally told by the ancient Greeks, and a genre of Ancient Greek folklore. These stories concern the origin and nature of the world, the lives and activities ...
, Battus is a
shepherd who witnessed
Hermes
Hermes (; grc-gre, wikt:Ἑρμῆς, Ἑρμῆς) is an Olympian deity in ancient Greek religion and Greek mythology, mythology. Hermes is considered the herald of the gods. He is also considered the protector of human heralds, travelle ...
stealing
Apollo
Apollo, grc, Ἀπόλλωνος, Apóllōnos, label=genitive , ; , grc-dor, Ἀπέλλων, Apéllōn, ; grc, Ἀπείλων, Apeílōn, label= Arcadocypriot Greek, ; grc-aeo, Ἄπλουν, Áploun, la, Apollō, la, Apollinis, label ...
's cattle. Because he broke his promise not to reveal this
theft
Theft is the act of taking another person's property or services without that person's permission or consent with the intent to deprive the rightful owner of it. The word ''theft'' is also used as a synonym or informal shorthand term for som ...
, Hermes turned him to stone.
Taxonomy
''Battus''
Barrande, 1846 was no longer available since
Giovanni Antonio Scopoli
Giovanni Antonio Scopoli (sometimes Latinized as Johannes Antonius Scopolius) (3 June 1723 – 8 May 1788) was an Italian physician and naturalist. His biographer Otto Guglia named him the "first anational European" and the "Linnaeus of the Au ...
used
''Battus'' in 1777 for a genus of
swallowtail butterflies.
Trilobite species previously assigned to ''Battus''
A number of species previously assigned to the genus ''Battus'' have since been transferred to other genera:
* ''B. bibullatus''
= ''
Phalacroma bibullatus''
* ''B. cuneiferus'' = ''
Diplorrhina cuneifera''
* ''B. granulatum '' = ''
Pleuroctenium granulatum''
* ''B. integer'' = ''
Peronopsis integer''
* ''B. laevigatus'' = ''
Lejopyge laevigata
''Lejopyge laevigata'' is a species of agnostid trilobite belonging to the genus '' Lejopyge''. It existed during the Guzhangian to the Paibian Age (around to million years ago) of the Cambrian. It has a cosmopolitan distribution and is an ...
''
* ''B. nudus'' = ''
Phalagnostus nudus''
* ''B. rex'' = ''
Condylopyge rex''
* ''B. tardus'' = ''
Trinodus tarda''
References
{{Set index article, animals
Agnostida
Disused trilobite generic names