The mid-Cambrian (Series 3, Guzhangian; Marjuman) trilobite Deiracephalus Resser, 1935, from western Newfoundland

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences
• Main Authors: Westrop, Stephen R., Dengler, Alyce A.
• Other Authors: Jin, Jisuo
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 2014
• Subjects: General Earth and Planetary Sciences; Alabama; Walcott; Shallow Bay; narwhal*; Newfoundland
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/cjes-2014-0012; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/full-xml/10.1139/cjes-2014-0012; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/cjes-2014-0012

Species of Deiracephalus Resser, 1935, are rare elements in most Guzhangian (upper Marjuman) trilobite faunas of Laurentian North America, and are characterized by striking cephalic spinosity that includes very long genal and occipital or preoccipital glabellar spines. Almost all previous reports of...