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 hirsuitus, Ceraurus hudsoni, Ceraurus infrequens, Ceraurus intermedia, Ceraurus latifrons, Ceraurus mackenziensis, Ceraurus matranseris, Ceraurus milleranus, Ceraurus pleurexanthemus, Ceraurus ruidus, Ceraurus serratus, Ceraurus tenuicornis, Ceraurus tuberosus, Ceraurus whittingtoni, Bufoceraurus bispinosus
Type specimen: GSC 44142, a cephalon/head (cranidium). Its type locality is District of Mackenzie Whittakerites planatus zone, which is in a Shermanian/Edenian deep subtidal limestone in the Whittaker Formation of Canada.
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Ordovician of Canada (2: Northwest Territories, Ontario collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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