Trilobita - Phacopida - Cheiruridae
Parent taxon: Pilekiinae according to F. Perez-Peris et al. 2021
See also Fortey and Bruton 2013, Jell and Adrain 2002 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Anacheirurus, Chashania, Courtessolium, Demeterops, Emsurina, Eocheirurus, Koraipsis, Landyia, Macrogrammus, Metapilekia, Metapliomerops, Parapilekia, Pliomeroides, Pseudopliomera, Seisonia, Sinoparapilekia, Sinoparapilekiini, Tesselacauda, Tienshihfuia, Victorispina, Yinaspis
Subtaxa: Pilekia apollo Pilekia trio
Type: Cheirurus apollo
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Ordovician of Australia (2 collections), Norway (1), United States (5: Idaho, Nevada, Utah)
• Tremadoc of Canada (1: Newfoundland and Labrador)
Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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