Trilobita - Phacopida - Cheiruridae
Synonym: Cerauroides Prantl and Pribyl 1947
Parent taxon: Cheiruridae according to P. A. Jell and J. M. Adrain 2002
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Acanthoparyphinae, Actinopeltis, Anasobella, Ancyginaspis, Arcticeraurinella, Areia, Areiaspis, Borealaspis, Bornholmaspis, Ceraurinium, Cerauromeros, Cerauropeltis, Ceraurus, Chacomurus, Cheirurinae, Cheirurus, Chiozoon, Contracheirurus, Crotalocephalides, Crotalocephalina, 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: Cerauroides elongatus Cerauroides orientalis Crotalocephalus struszi
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Devonian of Australia (2 collections), the Czech Republic (1), Germany (2), the Russian Federation (2), Uzbekistan (5)
• Silurian to Devonian of Australia (1), China (1)
• Silurian of Australia (3), the Czech Republic (12), Japan (2)
Total: 31 collections including 32 occurrences
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