Trilobita - Phacopida - Cheiruridae
Full reference: A. Přibyl and J. Vaněk. 1964. O dvou nových cheiruridních trilobitech z českého ordoviku [On two new cheirurid trilobites from the Bohemian Ordovician. Časopis Národního Muzea, Oddělení Přírodovědné 133:161-166
Parent taxon: Cheiruridae according to P. Budil et al. 2010
See also Jell and Adrain 2002
Sister taxa: Acanthoparyphinae, Actinopeltis, Anasobella, Ancyginaspis, Arcticeraurinella, Areia, 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: Areiaspis barrandei
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Ordovician of the Czech Republic (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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