Carinocranium
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | †Artiopoda |
| Class: | †Trilobita |
| Order: | †Asaphida |
| Family: | †Raphiophoridae |
| Genus: | †Carinocranium Dean, 1989 |
| Species: | †C. cariniferum |
| Binomial name | |
| †Carinocranium cariniferum Dean, 1989[1] | |
Carinocranium cariniferum is a species of asaphid trilobites of the family Raphiophoridae that lived during the Early Tremadocian of Alberta, Canada. It is known only from a cranidium with a large, keel-shaped glabellum.
Etymology
[edit]The generic and specific epithets both refer to the massive, keel-shaped glabellum, thus the use of the Latin prefix "carina", so that the generic epithet translates as "keel-cranium," and the specific epithet translating as "keel bearing."[1]
Occurrence
[edit]The only known specimen, specimen GSC 62139, is found in the Early Tremadocian-aged GSC Locality 92293, 168.5 meters above the Outram Formation, Alberta, Canada.