Trilobita - Phacopida - Cheiruridae
Synonyms: Bufoceraurus Hessin 1989, Ceraurus (Eoceraurus) Esker, III 1964, Eoceraurus Esker, III 1964
Parent taxon: Cheiruridae according to E. Warburg 1925
See also Jell and Adrain 2002, Lespérance and Desbiens 1995, Phleger 1933, Sepkoski 2002, Shaw 1974 and Whittington 1941
Sister taxa: Acanthoparyphinae, Actinopeltis, Anasobella, Ancyginaspis, Arcticeraurinella, Areia, Areiaspis, Borealaspis, Bornholmaspis, Ceraurinium, Cerauromeros, Cerauropeltis, 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: Bufoceraurus bispinosus Ceraurus (Pseudosphaerexochus) Ceraurus angustus Ceraurus blussoni Ceraurus gabrielsi Ceraurus globulobatus Ceraurus granulosus Ceraurus hirsuitus Ceraurus hudsoni Ceraurus infrequens Ceraurus intermedia Ceraurus latifrons Ceraurus mackenziensis Ceraurus maewestoides Ceraurus matranseris Ceraurus milleranus Ceraurus pleurexanthemus Ceraurus ruidus Ceraurus serratus Ceraurus tenuicornis Ceraurus tuberosus Ceraurus whittingtoni
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Chazyan of Canada (2: Northwest Territories collections), United States (2: New York, Vermont)
• Whiterockian of United States (4: California, Nevada, New York)
• Ordovician of Canada (59: British Columbia, Newfoundland, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Ontario, Quebec, Québec), China (1), Sweden (4), the United Kingdom (2), United States (106: Illinois, Illinois, Iowa, Indiana, Iowa, Iowa/Wisconsin, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nevada, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Virginia, Wisconsin)
Total: 180 collections including 190 occurrences
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