Ceraurinella nahanniensis Chatterton and Ludvigsen 1976 (trilobite)

Artiopoda - Phacopida - Cheiruridae

Full reference: B. D. E. Chatterton and R. Ludvigsen. 1976. Silicified Middle Ordovician trilobites from the South Nahanni River Area, District of Mackenzie, Canada. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 154(1-3):1-106

Belongs to Ceraurinella according to B. D. E. Chatterton and R. Ludvigsen 1976

Sister taxa: Ceraurinella biformis, Ceraurinella brevispina, Ceraurinella chondra, Ceraurinella frequens, Ceraurinella intermedia, Ceraurinella kasachstanica, Ceraurinella kingstoni, Ceraurinella latipyga, Ceraurinella longispina, Ceraurinella media, Ceraurinella necra, Ceraurinella oepiki, Ceraurinella polydorus, Ceraurinella pompilia, Ceraurinella scofieldi, Ceraurinella seriata, Ceraurinella tenuisculptus, Ceraurinella typa, Ceraurinella zhoui

Type specimen: GSC 40399, a cephalon/head (cranidium)

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Whiterockian of Canada (1: Northwest Territories collection)

• Chazyan of Canada (10: Northwest Territories)

• Ordovician of Canada (1: Northwest Territories)

Total: 12 collections each including a single occurrence

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