Brianurus

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| fossil_range = Lower Silurian, {{Fossil range|436.0|428.2|ref=}}

| taxon = Brianurus

| authority = Edgecombe and Fortey, 1995

| type_species = †Briania jeffersoni

| type_species_authority = Edgecombe, 1994

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision = †Brianurus jeffersoni (Edgecombe, 1994)

| synonyms = †Briania Edgecombe, 1994 – preoccupied by Briania Chasen and Kloss, 1930 (Aves)

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Brianurus is a genus of Silurian trilobites known from Canada. It was originally described from the Whittaker Formation (Northwest Territories). It is named after Professor Brian D. E. Chatterton from the University of Alberta.

References

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{{cite journal |last1=Edgecombe |first1=Gregory D. |title=New Lower Silurian (Llandovery) encrinurine trilobites from the Mackenzie Mountains, Canada |journal=Journal of Paleontology |date=1994 |volume=68 |issue=4 |pages=824–837 |doi=10.1017/S0022336000026263 |jstor=1306150 |bibcode=1994JPal...68..824E |s2cid=132373442 }}

{{cite journal |last1=Edgecombe |first1=G. D. |last2=Fortey |first2=R. A. |title=Brianurus new genus, a replacement name for Briania Chasen and Kloss, 1930 (Aves) [pro Briania Edgecombe, 1994 (Trilobita), preoccupied] |journal=Journal of Paleontology |date=1995 |volume=69 |issue=3 |pages=615 |doi=10.1017/S0022336000035095 |jstor=1306344|bibcode=1995JPal...69..615E |s2cid=88928546 }}

{{cite web |url=https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=21470 |title=†Brianurus Edgecombe and Fortey 1995 |work=Paleobiology Database |publisher=Fossilworks |access-date=16 October 2022}}

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Category:Encrinuridae

Category:Silurian trilobites of North America

Category:Fossil taxa described in 1995

Category:Taxa named by Richard Fortey

Category:Phacopida genera