Brianurus

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]

Brianurus
Temporal range: Lower Silurian,
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, 1994 – preoccupied by Briania Chasen and Kloss, 1930 (Aves)

References
  1. "†Brianurus Edgecombe and Fortey 1995". Paleobiology Database. Fossilworks. Retrieved 16 October 2022.
  2. Edgecombe, Gregory D. (1994). "New Lower Silurian (Llandovery) encrinurine trilobites from the Mackenzie Mountains, Canada". Journal of Paleontology. 68 (4): 824–837. doi:10.1017/S0022336000026263. JSTOR 1306150.
  3. 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): 615–615. doi:10.1017/S0022336000035095. JSTOR 1306344.


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