Trilobita - Phacopida - Cheiruridae
Parent taxon: Cheiruridae according to J. C. Lamsdell and P. A. Selden 2015
See also Jell and Adrain 2002, Owen 1981, Sepkoski 2002 and Warburg 1925
Sister taxa: Acanthoparyphinae, Actinopeltis, Anasobella, Ancyginaspis, Arcticeraurinella, Areia, Areiaspis, Borealaspis, Bornholmaspis, Ceraurinium, Cerauromeros, Cerauropeltis, Ceraurus, Chacomurus, Cheirurinae, Cheirurus, Chiozoon, Contracheirurus, Crotalocephalides, Crotalocephalina, Crotalocephalus, Cyrtometopinae, Cyrtometopus, Deiphon, Deiphoninae, Didrepanon, Eccoptochilinae, Forteyops, Foulonia, Gabriceraurus, Hammannopyge, Hapsiceraurus, Heliomera, Heliomeroides, Hemisphaerocoryphe, Holia, 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: Holotrachelus punctillosus
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Ordovician of Canada (1: Quebec collection), Ireland (1), Norway (3), Sweden (9), the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 15 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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