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Cheirurus

Trilobita - Phacopida - Cheiruridae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1845Cheirurus Beyrich
1916Cheirurus Raymond p. 30
1925Cheirurus Warburg
2002Cheirurus Jell and Adrain p. 357
2002Cheirurus Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderPhacopidaSalter 1864
suborderCheirurinaHarrington and Leanza 1957
familyCheiruridaeHawle and Corda 1847
genusCheirurusBeyrich 1845

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Cheirurus Beyrich 1845
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Subg. †Cheirurus (Crotalocephalina) Pibyl and Vanek 1964
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Cheirurus (Crotalocephalina) oxina Holloway and Neil 1982
Subg. †Cheirurus (Pseudosphaerexochus) Schmidt 1881
Cheirurus clasonii Törnquist 1905
Cheirurus dilatatus Raymond 1916
Cheirurus glaber Angelin 1854
Cheirurus juvenis Salter 1848
Cheirurus marianus Verneuil and Barrande 1855
Cheirurus niagarensis Hall 1868
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Invalid names: Ceraurus insignis Hall 1852 [synonym]
Cheirurus nuperus Billings 1866
Cheirurus patens Raymond 1916
Cheirurus punctatus Angelin 1854
Cheirurus tarquininus Billings 1863
Cheirurus welleri Raymond 1916
G. †Crotalocephalus Salter 1853
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Crotalocephalus affinis Hawle and Corda 1847
Crotalocephalus maurus Alberti 1966
Crotalocephalus pauper Barrande 1852
Crotalocephalus silverdalensis Etheridge and Mitchell 1917
Crotalocephalus struszi Chatterton and Wright 1986
Invalid names: Cerauroides Prantl and Pribyl 1947 [synonym], Pilletopeltis Pillet 1973 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Spines: majorg
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: well-developedg
Comments: BODY SIZE: Data from Harrington et al. (1959).g
Created: 2009-06-09 12:25:18
Modified: 2010-01-13 06:00:04
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Hendy 2009, Harrington et al. 1959, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Costonian to the top of the Givetian or 458.40000 to 382.70000 Ma

Collections (176 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Costonian - Marshbrookian458.4 - 454.0China (GanSu) C. sp. (8548)
Sandbian458.4 - 453.0Kazakhstan C. sp. (80224)
Actonian - Onnian454.0 - 449.5China (AnHui) C. sp. (7848)
Katian453.0 - 445.2China (Jiangxi) C. sp. (25837)
Edenian - Gamachian451.0 - 443.7Canada (Quebec) C. percensis (37800)
Harju450.5 - 443.8Sweden C. sp. (378 379)
Richmondian - Gamachian449.6 - 443.7Canada (Quebec) C. percensis (37790)
Pirgu449.5 - 445.2Sweden C. sp. (161779)
Pirgu - Hirnantian449.5 - 443.4Sweden (Dalarna) C. sp. (158137)
Pirgu - Hirnantian449.5 - 443.4Sweden (Dalarne) C. sp. (73408)

Youngest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state PBDB collection number
Late/Upper Emsian402.5 - 391.9Italy C. sternbergi (26247 26250 26253 26257)
Late/Upper Emsian - Eifelian402.5 - 387.7Morocco C. sternbergi (27114)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7Czech Republic (Koneprusy) C. affinis (12257)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7Czech Republic C. affinis (10474)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7Morocco C. sternbergi (27120)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7Germany (Hessen) Crotalocephalus sp. (229648)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7Czech Republic (Barrandia) C. affinis (12040)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7Germany (Rhineland-Palatinate) Crotalocephalus geesianus (188766)
Givetian387.7 - 382.7Germany C. neomyops (5907)
Early/Lower Frasnian383.7 - 382.4Russian Federation (Orenburgskaya Oblast) Crotalocephalus sp. (83918)