Artiopoda - 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 oepiki, Ceraurinella polydorus, Ceraurinella pompilia, Ceraurinella scofieldi, Ceraurinella seriata, Ceraurinella tenuisculptus, Ceraurinella typa, Ceraurinella zhoui
Type specimen: GSC 44044, a pygidium. Its type locality is Whittaker Formation, Whittaker & Funeral Ranges, District of Mackenzie, which is in a Rocklandian/Kirkfieldian deep subtidal limestone in the Whittaker Formation of Canada.
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at Whittaker Formation, Whittaker & Funeral Ranges, District of Mackenzie
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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