Trilobita - Phacopida - Cheiruridae

Parent taxon: Pilekiinae according to F. Perez-Peris et al. 2021

See also Jell and Adrain 2002 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Anacheirurus, Chashania, Courtessolium, Demeterops, Emsurina, Eocheirurus, Koraipsis, Landyia, Macrogrammus, Metapilekia, Parapilekia, Pilekia, Pliomeroides, Pseudopliomera, Seisonia, Sinoparapilekia, Sinoparapilekiini, Tesselacauda, Tienshihfuia, Victorispina, Yinaspis

Subtaxa: Metapliomerops extenuata

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Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Two miles north of Highgate Center, Highgate (Ordovician of Vermont)

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