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The Silurian encrinurine trilobite Pacificurus: new species from North America

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 July 2015

Gregory D. Edgecombe  and
Lars Ramsköld
Gregory D. Edgecombe
Affiliation:
Department of Geology, University of Alberta, Edmonton T6G 2E3, Canada
Lars Ramsköld
Affiliation:
Department of Palaeozoology, Swedish Museum of Natural History, Box 50007, S-104 05 Stockholm
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Abstract

The first Laurentian records of Pacificurus Ramsköld, 1986 are provided by Pacificus chilorhodus n. sp. (latest Llandovery?–early Wenlock, Mackenzie Mountains, Canada) and Pacificurus sp. A (early Ludlow, northern Maine). These closely related species represent an early divergence (minimally late Llandovery) from Australian/Asian congenerics.

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Journal of Paleontology , Volume 66 , Issue 2 , March 1992 , pp. 255 - 262
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Copyright © The Paleontological Society 

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