Trilobita - Phacopida - Cheiruridae
Alternative spelling: Cheirurus (Eccoptochile)
Synonym: Eccoptochiloides Prantle and Pribyl 1948
Parent taxon: Eccoptochilinae according to Z. Zhou et al. 1998
See also Gapp et al. 2012, Jell and Adrain 2002, Salter 1864 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Eccoptochile (Eccoptochile) Eccoptochile (Eccoptochiloides) Eccoptochile almaldensis Eccoptochile clavigera Eccoptochile guillieri Eccoptochile impedita Eccoptochile mariana Eccoptochile perlata Eccoptochile scuticauda
Type: Eccoptochile claviger
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Dobrotivian of France (3 collections), Portugal (2), Spain (9)
• Letna of the Czech Republic (1)
• Arenig of China (1)
• Ordovician of China (1), the Czech Republic (6), France (3), Iran (1), Morocco (3), Portugal (2), the Russian Federation (1), Spain (8), the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 42 collections including 49 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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