Hapsiceraurus

Hapsiceraurus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Trilobita
Order: Phacopida
Family: Cheiruridae
Genus: Hapsiceraurus
Whittington, 1954

Hapsiceraurus is a trilobite in the order Phacopida (family Cheiruridae) that existed during the upper Ordovician in what is now Canada. It was described by Whittington in 1954, and the type species is Hapsiceraurus hispidus (type specimen: USNM 28169a). The type locality was on Baffin Island, in Nunavut.[1]

References

  1. Available Generic Names for Trilobites P.A. Jell and J.M. Adrain.
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