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Ceraurinella polydorus

Trilobita - Phacopida - Cheiruridae

Taxonomy
Cheirurus polydorus was named by Billings (1865) [Lectotype selected by Whittington 1965]. Its type specimen is GSC 685 (lectotype), a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Ceraurinus polydorus by Barton (1913), Raymond (1925); it was recombined as Ceraurinella polydorus by Whittington (1965).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1865Cheirurus polydorus Billings p. 286
1913Ceraurinus polydorus Barton p. 548
1925Ceraurinus polydorus Raymond p. 143
1965Ceraurinella polydorus Whittington p. 408

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderPhacopidaSalter 1864
suborderCheirurinaHarrington and Leanza 1957
familyCheiruridaeHawle and Corda 1847
subfamilyCheirurinae
genusCeraurinella
speciespolydorus(Billings 1865)

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 polydorus Billings 1865
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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, Hendy 2009, Harrington et al. 1959

Age range: Whiterockian or 471.30000 to 457.30000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chazyan471.3 - 457.3Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) Ceraurinella polydorus (104861) Cheirurus polydorus (104807)
Whiterockian471.3 - 457.3Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) Ceraurinella polydorus (104862)