Trilobita - Phacopida - Cheiruridae
Synonyms: Mayopyge Adrain and Fortey 1997, Parasphaerexochus Chugaeva 1973, Skelipyx Lane 1971
Parent taxon: Sphaerexochinae according to I. W. Gapp et al. 2012
See also Adrain and Fortey 1997, Jell and Adrain 2002 and Warburg 1925
Sister taxon: Sphaerexochus
Subtaxa: Pseudosphaerexochus tuberculatus Skelipyx lata
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Silurian of Canada (1: Quebec collection)
• Dobrotivian of France (1)
• Uhaku of Estonia (1)
• Whiterockian of United States (2: New York)
• Chazyan of United States (1: New York)
• Arenig of China (1)
• Ordovician of China (4), the Czech Republic (1), Estonia (3), France (2), Ireland (3), the Netherlands (1), Norway (7), Portugal (1), Spain (4), Sweden (22), the United Kingdom (16), United States (5: Maine, Virginia)
Total: 76 collections including 83 occurrences
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