Trilobita - Phacopida - Encrinuridae
Synonym: Briania Edgecombe 1994 [replaced name]
Full reference: G. D. Edgecombe and R. A. Fortey. 1995. Brianurus new genus, a replacement name for Briania Chasen and Kloss, 1930 (Aves) [Pro Briania Edgecombe, 1994 (Trilobita), preoccupied]. Journal of Paleontology 69(3):615-615
Parent taxon: Encrinurinae according to G. D. Edgecombe and R. A. Fortey 1995
See also Edgecombe 1994, Jell and Adrain 2002 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Billevittia, Coronocephalus, Cromus, Encrinuraspis, Encrinuroides, Encrinurus, Erratencrinurus, Fragiscutum, Frammia, Frencrinuroides, Johntempleia, Kailia, Physemataspis, Senticucullus, Walencrinuroides
Subtaxa: Brianurus jeffersoni
Type: Briania jeffersoni
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Silurian of Canada (4: Northwest Territories collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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