Trilobita - Proetida - Brachymetopidae
Synonyms: Cheiropyge (Suturikephalion) Kobayashi and Hamada 1982, Suturikephalion Kobayashi and Hamada 1982
Full reference: C. Diener. 1897. The Permocarboniferous fauna of Chitichun No. 1. Palaeontologia Indica, Series 15 1(3):1-105
Parent taxon: Brachymetopidae according to R. M. Owens 2003
See also Jell and Adrain 2002, Kobayashi and Hamada 1982, Owens and Hammann 1990 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Australosutura, Brachymetopinae, Cordania, Hahnus, Latecephalus, Mystrocephala, Narinia
Subtaxa: Cheiropyge himalayensis Cheiropyge koizumii Cheiropyge radula
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of China (1 collection), Japan (2), United States (2: Alaska, Texas)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
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