# Carinocranium

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{{Short description|Genus of trilobites}}
{{Speciesbox
| fossil_range = {{temporal_range|487|470|Early Tremadocian}}
| image = Carinocranium cariniferum.jpg
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| genus = Carinocranium
| parent_authority = Dean, 1989
| species = cariniferum
| authority = Dean, 1989<ref name=dean1989>Dean, William Thornton. Trilobites from the Survey Peak, Outram and Skoki Formations (Upper Cambrian-Lower Ordovician) at Wilcox Pass, Jasper National Park, Alberta. No. 389. Energy, Mines and Resources Canada, 1989.</ref>
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'''''Carinocranium cariniferum''''' is a species of [asaphid](/source/asaphida) [trilobites](/source/trilobites) of the [family](/source/Family_(taxonomy)) [Raphiophoridae](/source/Raphiophoridae) that lived during the Early [Tremadocian](/source/Tremadocian) of [Alberta](/source/Alberta), [Canada](/source/Canada). It is known only from a [cranidium](/source/cranidium) with a large, keel-shaped glabellum.

== Etymology ==
The generic and specific epithets both refer to the massive, keel-shaped glabellum, thus the use of the Latin prefix "{{lang|la|carina}}", so that the generic epithet translates as "keel-cranium," and the specific epithet translating as "keel bearing."<ref name=dean1989 />

== Occurrence ==
The only known specimen, specimen GSC 62139, is found in the Early Tremadocian-aged GSC Locality 92293, 168.5 meters above the Outram Formation, Alberta, Canada.

== References ==
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Category:Raphiophoridae
Category:Ordovician trilobites of North America
Category:Fossils of Canada
Category:Asaphida genera
Category:Monotypic trilobite genera

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