Artiopoda - Phacopida - Cheiruridae
Alternative spelling: Cheirurus (Crotalocephalus)
Synonyms: Cerauroides Prantl and Pribyl 1947, Cheirurus (Pilletopeltis) Pillet 1973, Pilletopeltis Pillet 1973
Parent taxon: Cheiruridae according to P. A. Jell and J. M. Adrain 2002
See also Bault et al. 2021, Chlupac 1983, Philip 1962 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Acanthoparyphinae, Actinopeltis, Anasobella, Ancyginaspis, Arcticeraurinella, Areia, Areiaspis, Borealaspis, Bornholmaspis, Ceraurinium, Cerauromeros, Cerauropeltis, Ceraurus, Chacomurus, Cheirurinae, Cheirurus, Chiozoon, Contracheirurus, Crotalocephalides, Cyrtometopinae, Cyrtometopus, Deiphon, Deiphoninae, Didrepanon, Eccoptochilinae, Forteyops, Foulonia, Gabriceraurus, Hammannopyge, Hapsiceraurus, Heliomera, Heliomeroides, Hemisphaerocoryphe, Holia, Holotrachelus, Hyrokybe, Junggarella, Kawina, Kolymella, Krattaspis, Ktenoura, Laneites, Lehua, Onycopyge, Osekaspis, Parayoungia, Parisoceraurus, Pateraspis, Patomaspis, Pilekiinae, Placoparina, Pompeckia, Proromma, Protocerauroides, Pseudocheirurus, Radiurus, Ratinkaspis, Reraspis, Sphaerexochinae, Sphaexerochinae, Stubblefieldia, Sycophantia, Turantyx, Valongia, Whittakerites, Xylabion, Xystocrania, Youngia, Zazvorkaspis, Kinderlania
Subtaxa: Cerauroides elongatus Cerauroides orientalis Crotalocephalus affinis Crotalocephalus albertii Crotalocephalus maurus Crotalocephalus meridianus Crotalocephalus pauper Crotalocephalus silverdalensis Crotalocephalus sternbergi Crotalocephalus struszi
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Devonian of Algeria (2 collections), Australia (3), Czechia (23), Germany (2), Italy (5), Morocco (8), the Russian Federation (2), United States (3: Alaska), Uzbekistan (5)
• Silurian to Devonian of Australia (1), China (1)
• Silurian of Australia (7), Czechia (12), Japan (2), Morocco (2)
Total: 78 collections including 80 occurrences
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