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 Ceraurus according to R. Ludvigsen 1979
Sister taxa: Ceraurus (Pseudosphaerexochus), Ceraurus angustus, Ceraurus blussoni, Ceraurus globulobatus, Ceraurus granulosus, Ceraurus hirsuitus, Ceraurus hudsoni, Ceraurus infrequens, Ceraurus intermedia, Ceraurus latifrons, Ceraurus mackenziensis, Ceraurus maewestoides, Ceraurus matranseris, Ceraurus milleranus, Ceraurus pleurexanthemus, Ceraurus ruidus, Ceraurus serratus, Ceraurus tenuicornis, Ceraurus tuberosus, Ceraurus whittingtoni, Bufoceraurus bispinosus
Type specimen: GSC 44074, an exoskeleton (cranidium). Its type locality is District of Mackenzie Ceraurus gabrielsi zone, which is in a Blackriveran carbonate limestone in the Sunblood, Esbataottine Formation of Canada.
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at District of Mackenzie Ceraurus gabrielsi zone
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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