Paraceraurus
Genus of trilobites
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Paraceraurus is a genus of trilobites that lived in the Ordovician period (485.4 to 443.4 Ma). Its remains have been found in China, Estonia, Sweden and North America.[2] These trilobites have a rounded and moderately convex cephalon. Glabella is convex or flattened, with a sub-rectangular outline. Thorax shows eleven segments.[3]
| Paraceraurus Temporal range: Ordovician | |
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| Paraceraurus exsul | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | †Artiopoda |
| Class: | †Trilobita |
| Order: | †Phacopida |
| Family: | †Cheiruridae |
| Genus: | †Paraceraurus Männil, 1958 [1] |
Selected species
- Paraceraurus aculeatus
- Paraceraurus exsul
- Paraceraurus gladiator
- Paraceraurus ingricus
- Paraceraurus macrophthalmus
- Paraceraurus spinulosus
