Eocheirurus Rozova 1960 (trilobite)

Trilobita - Phacopida - Cheiruridae

Alternative spelling: Eocheiurus

Parent taxon: Pilekiinae according to F. Perez-Peris et al. 2021

See also Jell and Adrain 2002 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Anacheirurus, Chashania, Courtessolium, Demeterops, Emsurina, Koraipsis, Landyia, Macrogrammus, Metapilekia, Metapliomerops, Parapilekia, Pilekia, Pliomeroides, Pseudopliomera, Seisonia, Sinoparapilekia, Sinoparapilekiini, Tesselacauda, Tienshihfuia, Victorispina, Yinaspis

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Gorny Altai, Ishpa Section (Cambrian of Russian Federation)

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