Artiopoda - Phacopida - Cheiruridae
Synonyms: Mayopyge Adrain and Fortey 1997, Parasphaerexochus Chugaeva 1973, Skelipyx Lane 1971
Parent taxon: Sphaerexochinae according to I. W. Gapp et al. 2012
See also Adrain and Fortey 1997, Jell and Adrain 2002 and Warburg 1925
Sister taxon: Sphaerexochus
Subtaxa: Pseudosphaerexochus tuberculatus Skelipyx lata
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Silurian of Canada (1: Quebec collection)
• Uhaku of Estonia (1), the Russian Federation (2)
• Dobrotivian of France (1)
• Whiterockian of United States (2: New York)
• Chazyan of United States (1: New York)
• Arenig of China (1)
• Ordovician of China (4), Estonia (5), France (2), Ireland (3), the Netherlands (1), Norway (7), Poland (2), Portugal (1), Spain (4), Sweden (22), the United Kingdom (16), United States (5: Maine, Virginia)
Total: 81 collections including 95 occurrences
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