Artiopoda - Phacopida - Cheiruridae
Full reference: G. A. Cooper and C.H. Kindle. 1936. New brachiopods and trilobites from the Ordovician of Perce, Quebec. Journal of Paleontology 10(5):348-372
Belongs to Cheirurus according to G. A. Cooper and C.H. Kindle 1936
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
Type specimen: USNM 91792, a pygidium
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Ordovician of Canada (2: Quebec collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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