†suborder Cheirurina Harrington and Leanza 1957 (trilobite)
Parent taxon: Phacopida according to J. M. Adrain 2011
See also Edgecombe et al. 1999 and Harrington and Leanza 1957
Sister taxa: Calpmenella, Calymenina, Frenerinuroides, Phacopina, Sambremeusapis, Typhloiscus
Subtaxa: Cheiruridae Encrinuridae Pliomeridae
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore