Brianurus
Extinct genus of trilobites
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Brianurus is a genus of Silurian trilobites known from Canada.[1] It was originally described from the Whittaker Formation (Northwest Territories).[2] It is named after Professor Brian D. E. Chatterton from the University of Alberta.[3]
| Brianurus Temporal range: Lower Silurian, | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | †Artiopoda |
| Class: | †Trilobita |
| Order: | †Phacopida |
| Family: | †Encrinuridae |
| Genus: | †Brianurus Edgecombe and Fortey, 1995 |
| Type species | |
| †Briania jeffersoni Edgecombe, 1994[2] | |
| Species | |
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†Brianurus jeffersoni (Edgecombe, 1994) | |
| Synonyms[1][3] | |
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†Briania Edgecombe, 1994 – preoccupied by Briania Chasen and Kloss, 1930 (Aves) | |
