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Ceraurinella latipyga

Artiopoda - Phacopida - Cheiruridae

Taxonomy
Ceraurinella latipyga was named by Shaw (1968). Its type specimen is NYSM 12442, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is PB80-81, which is in a Whiterockian carbonate limestone/dolomite in the Crown Point Formation of New York.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1968Ceraurinella latipyga Shaw p. 73 figs. PL. 15, figs 13, 17

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderPhacopidaSalter 1864
suborderCheirurinaHarrington and Leanza 1957
familyCheiruridaeHawle and Corda 1847
subfamilyCheirurinae
genusCeraurinella
specieslatipyga

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Ceraurinella latipyga Shaw 1968
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10g
Spines: majorg
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: well-developedg
Created: 2009-06-09 12:23:31
Modified: 2010-01-13 06:01:42
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Harrington et al. 1959, Hendy 2009

Age range: Whiterockian or 471.30000 to 457.30000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Whiterockian471.3 - 457.3USA (New York) Ceraurinella latipyga (102998 103001 type locality: 103002 103004 103011 103012 103280 103314 103316)
Whiterockian471.3 - 457.3USA (Vermont) Ceraurinella latipyga (103286 103298)