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Ceraurinus glabra

Trilobita - Phacopida - Cheiruridae

Taxonomy
Remipyga glabra was named by Whittington (1954) [USNM number omitted from reference]. Its type specimen is USNM, an exoskeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Ceraurinus glabra by Ludvigsen (1977).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1954Remipyga glabra Whittington p. 128 figs. Pl. 59, fig. 8, 10-12
1977Ceraurinus glabra Ludvigsen p. 970

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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
genusCeraurinusBarton 1913
speciesglabra()

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.

Ceraurinus glabra Whittington 1954
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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
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: well-developedg
Created: 2009-06-09 21:07:41
Modified: 2010-01-13 06:01:19
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004
Collections
No collection or age range data are available