Trilobita - Phacopida - Cheiruridae
Synonym: Remipyga Whittington 1954
Parent taxon: Cheirurinae according to R. Ludvigsen 1977
See also Jell and Adrain 2002, Sepkoski 2002 and Whittington 1954
Sister taxa: Azyptyx, Ceraurinella, Hadromeros, Leviceraurus, Paraceraurus
Subtaxa: Ceraurinus daedalus Ceraurinus glabra Ceraurinus icarus Ceraurinus marginatus Ceraurinus platycanthus
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Ordovician to Silurian of Canada (2: Québec collections)
• Ordovician of Canada (29: Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Ontario, Quebec), China (5), the Russian Federation (19), United States (19: Alaska, Colorado, Illinois, Illinois, Iowa, Indiana, Minnesota, Nevada, Ohio)
Total: 74 collections including 86 occurrences
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