30528 - Top Rare Association of 2 Ceraurus sp Ordovician Trilobite - New York, USA

† Ceraurus, Green 1832 (trilobite)
Trilobita - Phacopida - Cheiruridae

 
PaleoDB taxon number: 21491

Synonym: Bufoceraurus Hessin 1989 (taxon 21472)

Parent taxon: Cheiruridae according to E. Warburg 1925

See also Jell and Adrain 2002, Lespérance and Desbiens 1995, Phleger 1933, Sepkoski 2002 and Whittington 1941

Sister taxa: Acanthoparyphinae, Anasobella, Ancyginaspis, Arcticeraurinella, Areia, Areiaspis, Borealaspis, Bornholmaspis, Ceraurinium, Ceraurinus, Cerauroides, Cerauromeros, Cerauropeltis, Chacomurus, Cheirurinae, Cheirurus, Chiozoon, Contracheirurus, Courtessolium, Crotalocephalides, Crotalocephalina, Crotalocephalus, Cyrtometopinae, Cyrtometopus, Deiphon, Deiphoninae, Didrepanon, Eccoptochilinae, Forteyops, Foulonia, Gabriceraurus, Hammannopyge, Hapsiceraurus, Heliomera, Heliomeroides, Hemisphaerocoryphe, Holia, Hyrokybe, Ichiyamella, Junggarella, Kawina, Kolymella, Krattaspis, Ktenoura, Laneites, Lehua, Onycopyge, Osekaspis, Parayoungia, Parisoceraurus, Pateraspis, Patomaspis, Placoparina, Pompeckia, Proromma, Protocerauroides, Pseudocheirurus, Radiurus, Ratinkaspis, Reraspis, Sphaerexochinae, Sphaexerochinae, Stubblefieldia, Sycophantia, Turantyx, Valongia, Whittakerites, Xylabion, Xystocrania, Youngia, Zazvorkaspis

Subtaxa: Bufoceraurus bispinosus, Ceraurus (Eoceraurus), Ceraurus blussoni, Ceraurus gabrielsi, Ceraurus globulobatus, Ceraurus hirsuitus, Ceraurus infrequens, Ceraurus intermedia, Ceraurus latifrons, Ceraurus mackenziensis, Ceraurus maewestoides, Ceraurus matranseris, Ceraurus milleranus, Ceraurus pleurexanthemus, Ceraurus ruidus, Ceraurus serratus, Ceraurus tuberosus, Ceraurus whittingtoni

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Type: Ceraurus pleurexanthemus

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Environments: carbonate (23 collections), deep subtidal (9), marine (7), shallow subtidal (6), deep subtidal ramp (6), open shallow subtidal (5), offshore ramp (5), deep subtidal shelf (4), (2), offshore (2), reef, buildup or bioherm (2), offshore shelf (2), sand shoal (1), perireef or subreef (1), lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal (1), slope (1), offshore (1)

Age range: 466.0 to 416.0 Ma

Distribution:

• Silurian of United States (5: Wisconsin collections)

• Ordovician of Canada (58: British Columbia, Newfoundland, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Ontario, Quebec, Québec), China (1), Sweden (7), United States (107: Illinois, Illinois, Iowa, Indiana, Iowa, Iowa/Wisconsin, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nevada, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, Wisconsin)

• Llandeilo of the United Kingdom (2)

• Chazy of United States (3: New York)

• Whiterockian of United States (3: Nevada, New York)