Ceratarges

{{Short description|Genus of lichid Trilobite}} {{Distinguish|Ceraturgus}} {{Automatic taxobox | fossil_range = {{fossilrange|393|388}} | image = Trilobita-Ceratarges-fossil cropped.jpg | image_caption = ''Ceratarges'' sp. | taxon = Ceratarges | authority = Gürich, 1901 | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = *†''Ceratarges armatus'' <small>(type)</small> *†''Ceratarges berolinensis'' *†''Ceratarges faouensis'' *†''Ceratarges bergicus'' *†''Ceratarges cognatus'' *†''Ceratarges ziregensis'' *†''Ceratarges koumalii'' *†''Ceratarges aries'' }}

'''''Ceratarges''''' is a genus of lichid Trilobite from the Middle to late Devonian.<ref name="devoniandepot">{{cite web |title=Devonian Depot |url=http://www.devoniandepot.com/trilobites/ceratarges.htm |access-date=April 30, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130122094955/http://www.devoniandepot.com/trilobites/ceratarges.htm |archive-date=January 22, 2013 }}</ref> It lived in what is now western Europe and Morocco.<ref name="devoniandepot"/><ref name="moroccantrilobite">{{cite web |title=''Ceratarges'', Moroccan Trilobite |url=http://www.fossilmall.com/EDCOPE_Enterprises/trilobites/T121_Ceratarges/T121_Ceratarges.htm |access-date=April 30, 2010}}</ref><ref name="paleobiologydatabase">{{cite web |title=The Paleobiology Database |url=https://www.paleodb.org/ |access-date=April 30, 2010 |archive-date=October 1, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071001114925/http://paleodb.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Viersen|first1=Allart P. VAN|last2=Prescher|first2=Harald|date=2011|title=New species of the lichid trilobite Ceratarges from the Middle Devonian in Morocco|url=https://popups.uliege.be/1374-8505/index.php?id=3365|journal=Geologica Belgica|language=en|volume=14|pages=192–202|issn=1374-8505}}</ref> It averaged around 10 cm (4 inches) in length and 9 cm (3.5 inches) in width.<ref name="devoniandepot" />

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[[File:Ceratarges spinosus fossil trilobite Maroc.jpg|thumb|left|''Ceratarges spinosus'' from the Devonian of Morocco. Field Museum specimen.]]

Category:Lichida Category:Middle Devonian first appearances Category:Late Devonian animals Category:Late Devonian genus extinctions Category:Devonian trilobites of Africa Category:Fossil taxa described in 1901 Category:Paleozoic life of the Northwest Territories Category:Trilobite genera