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Ceraurinella tenuisculptus

Trilobita - Phacopida - Cheiruridae

Taxonomy
Ceraurinus tenuisculptus was named by Bradley (1930).

It was recombined as Ceraurinella tenuisculptus by Chatterton and Ludvigsen (1976).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1930Ceraurinus tenuisculptus Bradley pp. 278 - 279 figs. pl. 30 f. 14
1976Ceraurinella tenuisculptus Chatterton and Ludvigsen

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderPhacopidaSalter 1864
suborderCheirurinaHarrington and Leanza 1957
familyCheiruridaeHawle and Corda 1847
subfamilyCheirurinae
genusCeraurinella
speciestenuisculptus()

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.

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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: Hendy 2009, Harrington et al. 1959, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Shermanian or 457.30000 to 449.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Shermanian457.3 - 449.6USA (Illinois) Ceraurinus tenuisculptus (154952)