Cheiropyge Diener 1897 (trilobite)

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

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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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