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Ceraurus mackenziensis

Trilobita - Phacopida - Cheiruridae

Taxonomy
Ceraurus mackenziensis was named by Ludvigsen (1979) [Paratypes: GSC 40447, 40448, 44158-44169, 44171-44181, 44120]. Its type specimen is GSC 44156, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is District of Mackenzie Ceraurus mackenziensis zone, which is in an Edenian deep subtidal limestone in the Whittaker Formation of Canada.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1979Ceraurus mackenziensis Ludvigsen p. 34 figs. Pl. 15, figs. 1-3

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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
genusCeraurusGreen 1832
speciesmackenziensis

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Ceraurus mackenziensis Ludvigsen 1979
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Diagnosis
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