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Ceraurus
Taxonomy
Ceraurus was named by Green (1832) [Sepkoski's age data: O Llvi-u O Ashg-u Sepkoski's reference number: 690]. Its type is Ceraurus pleurexanthemus.
It was assigned to Phacopida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Cheiruridae by Whittington (1941) and Jell and Adrain (2003).
It was assigned to Phacopida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Cheiruridae by Whittington (1941) and Jell and Adrain (2003).
Species
Species lacking formal opinion data
Sister genera
Actinopeltis, Anasobella, Areia, Areiaspis, Borealaspis, Ceraurinella, Ceraurinus, Cerauroides, Cerauromeros, Cheirurus, Chiozoon, Contracheirurus, Crotalocephalina, Crotalocephalus, Cydonocephalus, Cyrtometopella, Cyrtometopus, Deiphon, Didrepanon, Eccoptochile, Gabriceraurus, Hadromeros, Heliomera, Heliomeroides, Hemisphaerocoryphe, Holia, Hyrokybe (syn. Shiqiania), Junggarella, Kawina, Ktenoura, Lehua, Nieszkowskia, Onycopyge, Osekaspis, Pandaspinapyga, Paraceraurus, Parayoungia, Parisoceraurus, Pateraspis, Placoparina, Proromma, Protocerauroides, Pseudocheirurus, Pseudosphaerexochus, Radiurus, Remipyga, Skelipyx, Sphaerexochus, Sphaerocoryphe, Stubblefieldia, Sycophantia, Valongia, Whittakerites, Xystocrania, Youngia
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1832 | Ceraurus Green |
| 1941 | Ceraurus Whittington p. 498 |
| 2002 | Ceraurus Sepkoski, Jr. |
| 2003 | Ceraurus Jell and Adrain p. 356 |
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