Ceraurinella seriata Ludvigsen 1979 (trilobite)

Trilobita - Phacopida - Cheiruridae

Full reference: R. Ludvigsen. 1979. A trilobite zonation of Middle Ordovician rocks, southwestern District of Mackenzie. Geological Survey of Canada Bulletin 312:1-98

Belongs to Ceraurinella according to R. Ludvigsen 1979

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

Type specimen: GSC 43999, an exoskeleton (cranidium). Its type locality is District of Mackenzie Bathyurus ulu zone, which is in a Blackriveran carbonate limestone in the Esbataottine Formation of Canada.

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at District of Mackenzie Bathyurus ulu zone

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