Paraceraurus

{{Short description|Genus of trilobites}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| fossil_range = Ordovician

| image = Cheiruridae - Paraceraurus exsul.JPG

| image_caption = Paraceraurus exsul

| taxon = Paraceraurus

| authority = Männil, 1958 [http://www.organismnames.com/details.htm?lsid=2339532 Organism Names]

}}

Paraceraurus is a genus of trilobites that lived in the Ordovician period (485.4 to 443.4 Ma). Its remains have been found in China, Estonia, Sweden and North America.[https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=21494 Paraceraurus in the Paleobiology Database] These trilobites have a rounded and moderately convex cephalon. Glabella is convex or flattened, with a sub-rectangular outline. Thorax shows eleven segments.[http://fossilstock.com/fossilshop/trilobites/category/97-paraceraurus Fossilstock]