Artiopoda - Phacopida - Cheiruridae
Alternative combination: Ceraurinella arctica
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 Arcticeraurinella according to A. Pribyl et al. 1985
See also Ludvigsen 1979
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: GSC 44033, a cephalon/head (cranidium). Its type locality is District of Mackenzie Ceraurinella longispina zone, which is in a Blackriveran/Rocklandian carbonate limestone in the Esbataottine & Sunblood Formation of Canada.
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Ordovician of Canada (5: Northwest Territories collections)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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