Gabriceraurus

Gabriceraurus
Gabriceraurus dentatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Trilobita
Order: Phacopida
Family: Cheiruridae
Genus: Gabriceraurus
Pribyl & Vanek in Pribyl et al., 1985
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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.[1]

References

  1. Available Generic Names for Trilobites P.A. Jell and J.M. Adrain.

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