Brianurus

Brianurus is a genus of Silurian trilobites known from Canada.^[1] It was originally described from the Whittaker Formation (Northwest Territories).^[2] It is named after Professor Brian D. E. Chatterton from the University of Alberta.^[3]

Brianurus Temporal range: Lower Silurian, 436.0–428.2 Ma[1] PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	†Artiopoda
Class:	†Trilobita
Order:	†Phacopida
Family:	†Encrinuridae
Genus:	†Brianurus Edgecombe and Fortey, 1995
Type species
†Briania jeffersoni Edgecombe, 1994[2]
Species
†Brianurus jeffersoni (Edgecombe, 1994)
Synonyms[1][3]
†Briania Edgecombe, 1994 – preoccupied by Briania Chasen and Kloss, 1930 (Aves)