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Brianurus

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Brianurus
Temporal range: Lower Silurian, 436.0–428.2 Ma[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Trilobita
Order: Phacopida
Family: Encrinuridae
Genus: Brianurus
Edgecombe and Fortey, 1995
Type species
Briania jeffersoni
Edgecombe, 1994[2]
Species

Brianurus jeffersoni (Edgecombe, 1994)

Synonyms[1][3]

Briania Edgecombe, 1994preoccupied by Briania Chasen and Kloss, 1930 (Aves)

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]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "†Brianurus Edgecombe and Fortey 1995". Paleobiology Database. Fossilworks. Retrieved 16 October 2022.
  2. ^ a b Edgecombe, Gregory D. (1994). "New Lower Silurian (Llandovery) encrinurine trilobites from the Mackenzie Mountains, Canada". Journal of Paleontology. 68 (4): 824–837. Bibcode:1994JPal...68..824E. doi:10.1017/S0022336000026263. JSTOR 1306150. S2CID 132373442.
  3. ^ a b Edgecombe, G. D.; Fortey, R. A. (1995). "Brianurus new genus, a replacement name for Briania Chasen and Kloss, 1930 (Aves) [pro Briania Edgecombe, 1994 (Trilobita), preoccupied]". Journal of Paleontology. 69 (3): 615. Bibcode:1995JPal...69..615E. doi:10.1017/S0022336000035095. JSTOR 1306344. S2CID 88928546.