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Ceraurinella

Trilobita - Phacopida - Cheiruridae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1953Ceraurinella Cooper
1962Bartoninus Tripp
1991Ceraurinella Kielan-Jaworowska et al.
1999Ceraurinella Edgecombe et al.
2002Ceraurinella Jell and Adrain p. 356
2002Ceraurinella Sepkoski

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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
subfamilyCheirurinae
genusCeraurinella

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.

G. †Ceraurinella Cooper 1953
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†Ceraurinella biformis Maksimova 1955
†Ceraurinella brevispina Ludvigsen 1979
†Ceraurinella chondra Whittington and Evitt 1953
†Ceraurinella frequens Chugaeva 1968
†Ceraurinella intermedia Kielan 1955
†Ceraurinella kasachstanica Tschugaeva 1958
†Ceraurinella kingstoni Chatterton and Ludvigsen 1976
†Ceraurinella latipyga Shaw 1968
†Ceraurinella longispina Ludvigsen 1979
†Ceraurinella media Ludvigsen 1979
†Ceraurinella nahanniensis Chatterton and Ludvigsen 1976
†Ceraurinella necra Ludvigsen 1979
†Ceraurinella oepiki Edgecombe et al. 1999
†Ceraurinella polydorus Billings 1865
†Ceraurinella pompilia Billings 1865
†Ceraurinella scofieldi Clarke 1897
†Ceraurinella seriata Ludvigsen 1979
†Ceraurinella typa Cooper 1953
†Ceraurinella zhoui Edgecombe et al. 1999
Invalid names: Bartoninus Tripp 1962 [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
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
Comments: BODY SIZE: Data from Harrington et al. (1959).g
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: base of the Fennian to the top of the Rawtheyan or 470.70000 to 445.20000 Ma

Collections (115 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Floian477.7 - 470.0Morocco C. sp. (56574)
Floian - Darriwilian477.7 - 458.4Russian Federation (Siberia) C. frequens (205664)
Fennian470.7 - 468.0France (Montagne Noire) C. sp. (20825)
Castlemainian - Yapeenian470.0 - 467.3Ireland C. sp. (153922)
Chazyan470.0 - 457.3Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) C. polydorus (104861) Cheirurus polydorus (104807)
Chazyan470.0 - 457.3USA (New York) Ceraurus pompilius (172320 172321 172323)
Chazyan470.0 - 457.3Canada (Northwest Territories) C. nahanniensis (25935 26054 26055 26060) C. nahanniensis, C. kingstoni (24621 25932 25933 25934 26056 26057) C. sp. (314 315)
Whiterockian470.0 - 457.3USA (Oklahoma) C. sp. (105635 105636)
Whiterockian470.0 - 457.3USA (New York) C. latipyga (102998 103001 103002 103004 103011 103012 103280 103314 103316)
Whiterockian470.0 - 457.3Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) C. polydorus (104862)
Whiterockian470.0 - 457.3Canada (Northwest Territories) C. nahanniensis (25173)
Whiterockian470.0 - 457.3USA (Nevada) C. sp. (226715)
Whiterockian470.0 - 457.3Canada (Quebec) C. pompilia (111333 111356 111358 111359 111360 111361 111362 111363 111364 111431 111432 111441 111455 111461)
Whiterockian470.0 - 457.3USA (Vermont) C. latipyga (103286 103298)
Chazyan - Caradoc470.0 - 449.5Canada (Northwest Territories) C. spp. (25308 25309 25310)
Llanvirn468.0 - 458.4Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) C. sp. (78097)
Darriwilian467.3 - 458.4Russian Federation (Siberia) C. frequens (206165 206166) C. latigenata (205561)
Darriwilian467.3 - 458.4Russian Federation (Gorny Altai) C. frequens (186015 194972)
Late/Upper Llanvirn463.5 - 460.9Russian Federation (Siberia) C. biformis (9222)
Llandeilo - Aurelucian461.1 - 456.6United Kingdom (Scotland) C. magnilobata (182194 182195 182196)
Sandbian458.4 - 453.0United Kingdom (Scotland) C. sp. (208121 208124)
Sandbian458.4 - 453.0Argentina (San Juan) C. zhoui (73378 73379 73388)
Sandbian458.4 - 453.0Canada (Newfoundland) C. sp. (192738)
Sandbian458.4 - 453.0Canada (Northwest Territories) C. longispina, C. media (102271)
Caradoc458.4 - 449.5Ireland C. sp. (50599)
Turinian457.3 - 453.8USA (Virginia) C. typa (73342)
Mohawkian457.3 - 451.0USA (Nevada) C. sp. (104497)
Shermanian - Edenian457.3 - 450.2Canada (Northwest Territories) C. brevispina (24637)
Ashbyan457.3 - 449.6USA (Virginia) C. typa (73341 73345)
Blackriveran457.3 - 449.6USA (Tennessee) Ceraurinus scofieldi (5331)
Blackriveran457.3 - 449.6USA (Illinois, Iowa) C. scofieldi (23794) C. templetoni, C. scofieldi (23789 23790 23791 23792)
Blackriveran457.3 - 449.6Canada (Northwest Territories) C. media (24631) C. nahanniensis (25931) C. seriata (24628)
Blackriveran457.3 - 449.6USA (Virginia) C. chondra (73340) C. typa (73344 105255)
Blackriveran457.3 - 449.6USA (Iowa/Wisconsin) C. sp., C. templetoni (23118 23119) C. sp., C. templetoni, C. scofieldi (23120)
Blackriveran - Rocklandian457.3 - 449.6Canada (Northwest Territories) C. longispina, C. media (24634)
Blackriveran - Rocklandian457.3 - 449.6USA (Minnesota) C. templetoni, C. scofieldi (23276)
Rocklandian - Kirkfieldian457.3 - 449.6Canada (Northwest Territories) C. necra (24635)
Shermanian457.3 - 449.6USA (Illinois) Ceraurinus tenuisculptus (154952)
Shermanian457.3 - 449.6Canada (Northwest Territories) C. sp. (25313 25314 25315 25316 25317 25318)
Katian453.0 - 445.2Kazakhstan C. kasachstanica (162198) Cheirurus kasachstanicus (162027)
Eastonian452.7 - 449.5Australia (Tasmania) C. oepiki (64589 79239 147707 147708)
Edenian451.0 - 450.2Canada (Northwest Territories) C. brevispina (24636 192139)
Edenian451.0 - 450.2Canada (Quebec) C. trentonensis (163865)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.7Canada (Quebec) C. sp. b (13131)
Rawtheyan448.8 - 445.2United Kingdom (England) C. sp. (3666 3676)
Rawtheyan448.8 - 445.2United Kingdom (Wales) C. sp. (3675)