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Ceraurinus icarus

Artiopoda - Phacopida - Cheiruridae

Taxonomy
Cheirurus icarus was named by Billings (1860).

It was recombined as Ceraurinus icarus by Twenhofel (1928).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. confluens, C. frontonis, C. serratus, C. zhuzhaiensis, C. meridianus

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1860Cheirurus icarus Billings p. 27
1928Ceraurinus icarus Twenhofel p. 334
1930Ceraurinus elongatus Schuchert and Cooper
1968Ceraurinella elongatus Lespérance p. 815

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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
genusCeraurinusBarton 1913
speciesicarus(Billings 1860)

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.

†Ceraurinus icarus Billings 1860
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Invalid names: Ceraurinus elongatus Schuchert and Cooper 1930 [synonym]
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
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: well-developedg
Created: 2009-06-09 21:07:41
Modified: 2010-01-13 06:01:19
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: base of the Haljala to the top of the Richmondian or 456.80000 to 445.50000 Ma

Collections (30 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sandbian458.2 - 452.8Russian Federation (Siberia) Ceraurinus icarus (205386 205559)
Shermanian457.3 - 449.6USA (Minnesota) Ceraurinus icarus (23092)
Haljala456.8 - 453.9Russian Federation (Krasnoyarsk) Ceraurinus icarus (204671)
Haljala - Nabala456.8 - 449.9Russian Federation (Krasnoyarsk) Ceraurinus icarus (204674 204681 204682 204905 204915)
Katian452.8 - 445.2Russian Federation (Krasnoyarsk) Ceraurinus icarus (204795 204809)
Edenian451.0 - 450.2USA (Minnesota) Ceraurinus icarus (23280 23281)
Edenian451.0 - 450.2USA (Illinois, Iowa) Ceraurinus icarus (23808 23809)
Edenian - Maysvillian451.0 - 449.6USA (Illinois, Iowa) Ceraurinus icarus (23810)
Edenian - Maysvillian451.0 - 449.6USA (Minnesota) Ceraurinus icarus (23282)
Edenian - Gamachian451.0 - 443.1Canada (Quebec) Ceraurinus elongatus (37796)
Maysvillian - Richmondian450.2 - 445.5USA (Colorado) Ceraurinus icarus (10389)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5Canada (Quebec) Ceraurinus icarus (173990 174027 223276)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5USA (Ohio) Ceraurinus icarus (5326)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5USA (Nevada) Ceraurinus icarus (78050)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5USA (Indiana) Ceraurinus icarus (72447 72459)
Richmondian - Gamachian449.6 - 443.1Canada (Quebec) Ceraurinus icarus, Ceraurinus elongatus (37790)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.1Canada (Quebec) Ceraurinella elongatus (13131)
Ashgill - Llandovery449.5 - 432.9Canada (Québec) Ceraurinus icarus (24453 24505)