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Leviceraurus, a new cheirurine trilobite from the Cobourg Formation (Middle-Upper Ordovician), southern Ontario, Canada

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 July 2015

William A. Hessin*
Affiliation:
Department of Geological Sciences, Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario L2S 3A1, Canada

Abstract

Leviceraurus mammilloides n. gen. and sp. is an Ordovician cheirurine trilobite which occurs in limestones and shales of the Hallowell and Hillier Members of the Cobourg Formation, southern Ontario. It is a probable descendant of Ceraurus.

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Research Article
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