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Leviceraurus mammilloides

Trilobita - Phacopida - Cheiruridae

Taxonomy
Leviceraurus mammilloides was named by Hessin (1988) [= ?Ceraurus sp. 2 Cooper & Kindle, 1936, p. 367, Pl. 53, fig. 28]. Its type specimen is ROM 45225 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is St. Marys Cement Quarry, which is in an Edenian deep subtidal packstone in the Cobourg Formation of Canada. It is the type species of Leviceraurus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1988Leviceraurus mammilloides Hessin pp. 90 - 92 figs. 3.1-3.6, 4.1-4.4, 5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderPhacopidaSalter 1864
suborderCheirurinaHarrington and Leanza 1957
familyCheiruridaeHawle and Corda 1847
subfamilyCheirurinae
genusLeviceraurusHessin 1988
speciesmammilloides

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.

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Diagnosis
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