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Gabriceraurus ✝
Description | Gabriceraurus is a trilobite in the order Phacopida (family Cheiruridae), that existed during the upper Ordovician in what is now Canada. It was described by Pribyl and Vanek in 1985, and the type species is Gabriceraurus gabrielsi, which was originally described under the genus Ceraurus by Ludvigsen in 1979. The type locality was the Esbataottine Formation in the Northwest Territories. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabriceraurus, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rank | genus | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Phacopida : Cheiruridae : Gabriceraurus | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Gabriceraurus Pribyl & Vanek, 1985 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Name Published In | in Pribyl, Vanek & Pek, Acta Univ. Palacki. Olomuc. Fac. Rerum Nat. 83 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 461 - 453 Ma Ordovician | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 458 - 450 Ma Ordovician | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Environment | marine (based on Trilobita) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | fast-moving (based on Trilobita) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | well-developed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | carnivore (based on Cheiruridae) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ontogeny | molting,addition of parts (based on Trilobita) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | low Mg calcite, chitin (based on Trilobita) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabriceraurus |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Gabriceraurus dentatus ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 13 | 461 Ma Middle Ordovician | 458 Ma Middle Ordovician | |
Gabriceraurus mifflinensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1985 | Gabriceraurus Pribyl and Vanek |
2002 | Gabriceraurus Jell and Adrain p. 377 |
2002 | Gabriceraurus Sepkoski, Jr. |
References
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada