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 Ceraurus according to R. Ludvigsen 1979
Sister taxa: Ceraurus (Pseudosphaerexochus), Ceraurus angustus, Ceraurus binodosus, Ceraurus blussoni, Ceraurus gabrielsi, Ceraurus globulobatus, Ceraurus granulosus, 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 40415, a cephalon/head (cranidium). Its type locality is Sunblood Range P-2038, which is in a Sandbian carbonate limestone in the Esbataottine Formation of Canada.
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Ordovician of Canada (3: Northwest Territories collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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