Carinocranium

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Carinocranium cariniferum is a species of asaphid trilobites of the family Raphiophoridae that lived during the Early Tremadocian of Alberta, Canada. It is known only from a cranidium with a large, keel-shaped glabellum.

Phylum:Arthropoda
Clade:Artiopoda
Class:Trilobita
Order:Asaphida
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Carinocranium
Temporal range: Early Tremadocian
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Artiopoda
Class: Trilobita
Order: Asaphida
Family: Raphiophoridae
Genus: Carinocranium
Dean, 1989
Species:
C. cariniferum
Binomial name
Carinocranium cariniferum
Dean, 1989[1]
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Etymology

The generic and specific epithets both refer to the massive, keel-shaped glabellum, thus the use of the Latin prefix "carina", so that the generic epithet translates as "keel-cranium," and the specific epithet translating as "keel bearing."[1]

Occurrence

The only known specimen, specimen GSC 62139, is found in the Early Tremadocian-aged GSC Locality 92293, 168.5 meters above the Outram Formation, Alberta, Canada.

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