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Ceraurinus ✝
Description | Ceraurinus is an extinct genus of trilobite in the order Phacopida. It contains one species, C. serratus. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceraurinus, 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 : Ceraurinus | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Ceraurinus Barton, 1913 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Name Published In | Bull. Mus. comp. Zool. Harvard, 54 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 466 - 461 Ma Middle Ordovician | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 450 - 433 Ma Paleozoic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ecospace Comments | BODY SIZE: Data from Harrington et al. (1959). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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/Ceraurinus |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Ceraurinus craigensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Ceraurinus daedalus ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 4 | 461 Ma Middle Ordovician | 450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | |
Ceraurinus elongatus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Ceraurinus glaber species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Ceraurinus glabra ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | ||||
Ceraurinus icarus ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 27 | 461 Ma Middle Ordovician | 450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | |
Ceraurinus marginatus ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 4 | 461 Ma Middle Ordovician | 450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | |
Ceraurinus platycanthus ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 461 Ma Middle Ordovician | 461 Ma Middle Ordovician |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1913 | Ceraurinus Barton |
1954 | Remipyga Whittington p. 127 |
2002 | Ceraurinus Jell and Adrain p. 356 |
2002 | Remipyga Jell and Adrain p. 439 |
2002 | Ceraurinus Sepkoski, Jr. |
2002 | Remipyga 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!