Artiopoda - Phacopida - Cheiruridae
Full reference: G. A. Cooper and C.H. Kindle. 1936. New brachiopods and trilobites from the Ordovician of Perce, Quebec. Journal of Paleontology 10(5):348-372
Belongs to Ceraurus according to G. A. Cooper and C.H. Kindle 1936
Sister taxa: Ceraurus (Pseudosphaerexochus), Ceraurus angustus, Ceraurus blussoni, Ceraurus gabrielsi, Ceraurus globulobatus, Ceraurus granulosus, Ceraurus hirsuitus, 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: USNM 91799, a cephalon/head (cranidium)
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at Priest's Road (Ordovician of Quebec)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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