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 biformis, Ceraurinella brevispina, Ceraurinella chondra, Ceraurinella frequens, Ceraurinella intermedia, Ceraurinella kasachstanica, Ceraurinella latipyga, Ceraurinella longispina, Ceraurinella media, Ceraurinella nahanniensis, Ceraurinella necra, Ceraurinella oepiki, Ceraurinella polydorus, Ceraurinella pompilia, Ceraurinella scofieldi, Ceraurinella seriata, Ceraurinella tenuisculptus, Ceraurinella typa, Ceraurinella zhoui
Type specimen: GSC 40382, a cephalon/head (cranidium)
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Chazyan of Canada (6: Northwest Territories collections)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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