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 media, Ceraurinella nahanniensis, Ceraurinella necra, Ceraurinella oepiki, Ceraurinella polydorus, Ceraurinella pompilia, Ceraurinella scofieldi, Ceraurinella seriata, Ceraurinella tenuisculptus, Ceraurinella typa, Ceraurinella zhoui
Type specimen: GSC 44018, a cephalon/head (cranidium). Its type locality is District of Mackenzie Ceraurinella longispina zone, which is in a Blackriveran/Rocklandian carbonate limestone in the Esbataottine & Sunblood Formation of Canada.
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Ordovician of Canada (2: Northwest Territories collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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