Brianurus
| Brianurus Temporal range: Lower Silurian,
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Scientific classification 
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| 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]
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| 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) | |
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
[edit]- ^ a b c "†Brianurus Edgecombe and Fortey 1995". Paleobiology Database. Fossilworks. Retrieved 16 October 2022.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
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