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Paraceraurus aculeatus

Artiopoda - Phacopida - Cheiruridae

Taxonomy
Ceraurus aculeatus was named by Eichwald (1860). It is not extant. It is the type species of Paraceraurus.

It was recombined as Paraceraurus aculeatus by Nikolaisen (1961).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1961Paraceraurus aculeatus Nikolaisen

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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
genusParaceraurusMännil 1958
speciesaculeatus(Eichwald 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.

Paraceraurus aculeatus Eichwald 1860
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 10 to < 100f
Adult width: 10 to < 100f
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivoref
Created: 2009-06-11 14:43:11
Modified: 2012-08-27 07:38:08
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Uhaku to the top of the Kukruse or 459.70000 to 456.80000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Uhaku459.7 - 458.0Russian Federation Paraceraurus aculeatus (167734)
Kukruse458.0 - 456.8Russian Federation Paraceraurus aculeatus (160531)