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Ceraurinus platycanthus

Artiopoda - Phacopida - Cheiruridae

Taxonomy
Ceraurinus platycanthus was named by Bradley (1930).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. confluens, C. frontonis, C. icarus, C. serratus, C. zhuzhaiensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1930Ceraurinus platycanthus Bradley pp. 276 - 278 figs. pl. 30 f. 29-32, 37

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderPhacopidaSalter 1864
suborderCheirurinaHarrington and Leanza 1957
familyCheiruridaeHawle and Corda 1847
subfamilyCheirurinae
genusCeraurinusBarton 1913
speciesplatycanthus

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 platycanthus Bradley 1930
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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

Age range: Shermanian or 457.30000 to 449.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Shermanian457.3 - 449.6USA (Illinois) Ceraurinus platycanthus (154952)