Trilobita - Phacopida - Cheiruridae
Synonym: Shiqiania Chang 1974
Parent taxon: Cheiruridae according to P. A. Jell and J. M. Adrain 2002
See also Adrain 1998 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Acanthoparyphinae, Actinopeltis, Anasobella, Ancyginaspis, Arcticeraurinella, Areia, Areiaspis, Borealaspis, Bornholmaspis, Ceraurinium, Cerauromeros, Cerauropeltis, Ceraurus, Chacomurus, Cheirurinae, Cheirurus, Chiozoon, Contracheirurus, Crotalocephalides, Crotalocephalina, Crotalocephalus, Cyrtometopinae, Cyrtometopus, Deiphon, Deiphoninae, Didrepanon, Eccoptochilinae, Forteyops, Foulonia, Gabriceraurus, Hammannopyge, Hapsiceraurus, Heliomera, Heliomeroides, Hemisphaerocoryphe, Holia, Holotrachelus, 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: Hyrokybe canadensis Hyrokybe copelandi Hyrokybe hadnagyi Hyrokybe julli Hyrokybe lenzi Hyrokybe lightfooti Hyrokybe youngi
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Whitwellian of Canada (4: Northwest Territories collections)
• Silurian of Canada (4: Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Quebec), China (2), Greenland (3), Sweden (2)
Total: 15 collections including 20 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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