Trilobita - Phacopida - Cheiruridae
Alternative spelling: Cheirurus (Crotalocephalus)
Synonyms: Cerauroides Prantl and Pribyl 1947, Cheirurus (Pilletopeltis) Pillet 1973, Pilletopeltis Pillet 1973
Parent taxon: Cheirurus according to I. Chlupac 1983
See also Bault et al. 2021, Jell and Adrain 2002, Philip 1962 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Cheirurus (Crotalocephalina), Cheirurus (Pseudosphaerexochus), Cheirurus clasonii, Cheirurus dilatatus, Cheirurus glaber, Cheirurus juvenis, Cheirurus marianus, Cheirurus niagarensis, Cheirurus nuperus, Cheirurus patens, Cheirurus punctatus, Cheirurus tarquininus, Cheirurus welleri
Subtaxa: Cerauroides elongatus Cerauroides orientalis Crotalocephalus affinis Crotalocephalus albertii Crotalocephalus maurus Crotalocephalus meridianus Crotalocephalus pauper Crotalocephalus silverdalensis Crotalocephalus sternbergi Crotalocephalus struszi
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Devonian of Algeria (2 collections), Australia (3), the Czech Republic (23), Germany (2), Italy (5), Morocco (8), the Russian Federation (2), United States (3: Alaska), Uzbekistan (5)
• Silurian to Devonian of Australia (1), China (1)
• Silurian of Australia (7), the Czech Republic (12), Japan (2), Morocco (2)
Total: 78 collections including 80 occurrences
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