Ceraurinella polydorus Billings 1865 (trilobite)

Trilobita - Phacopida - Cheiruridae

Alternative combinations: Ceraurinus polydorus, Cheirurus polydorus

Belongs to Ceraurinella according to H. B. Whittington 1965

See also Raymond 1925

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 necra, Ceraurinella oepiki, Ceraurinella pompilia, Ceraurinella scofieldi, Ceraurinella seriata, Ceraurinella tenuisculptus, Ceraurinella typa, Ceraurinella zhoui

Type specimen: GSC 685 (lectotype), a cephalon/head (cranidium)

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Ordovician of Canada (2: Newfoundland and Labrador collections)

• Whiterockian of Canada (1: Newfoundland and Labrador)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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