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Arcticeraurinella arctica

Trilobita - Phacopida - Cheiruridae

Taxonomy
Ceraurinella arctica was named by Ludvigsen (1979) [Paratypes: GSC 40419, 44020, 44034-44043.]. Its type specimen is GSC 44033, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is District of Mackenzie Ceraurinella longispina zone, which is in a Blackriveran/Rocklandian carbonate limestone in the Esbataottine & Sunblood Formation of Canada. It is the type species of Arcticeraurinella.

It was recombined as Arcticeraurinella arctica by Pribyl et al. (1985).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1979Ceraurinella arctica Ludvigsen p. 24 figs. Pl. 9, figs. 1-5, 31-34
1985Arcticeraurinella arctica Pribyl et al.

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

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.

Arcticeraurinella arctica Ludvigsen 1979
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