Trilobita - Phacopida - Cheiruridae
Alternative spelling: Cheirurus (Actinopeltis)
Parent taxon: Cheiruridae according to P. A. Jell and J. M. Adrain 2002
See also Reed 1906 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Acanthoparyphinae, Anasobella, Ancyginaspis, Arcticeraurinella, Areia, Areiaspis, 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: Actinopeltis spjeldnaesi
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Dobrotivian of Morocco (1 collection), Portugal (1)
• Letna of Czechia (1)
• Arenig of China (1)
• Ordovician of China (1), Czechia (11), Morocco (4), Portugal (1), Spain (6)
Total: 27 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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