Trilobita - 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 brevispina, Ceraurinella chondra, Ceraurinella intermedia, Ceraurinella kingstoni, Ceraurinella latipyga, Ceraurinella longispina, Ceraurinella media, Ceraurinella necra, Ceraurinella oepiki, Ceraurinella polydorus, Ceraurinella pompilia, Ceraurinella seriata, Ceraurinella tenuisculptus, Ceraurinella typa, Ceraurinella zhoui
Type specimen: GSC 40399, a cephalon/head (cranidium)
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Ordovician of Canada (11: Northwest Territories collections)
• Whiterockian of Canada (1: Northwest Territories)
Total: 12 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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