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Cheirotricidae
Taxonomy
Cheirotricidae was named by Woodward (1901). Its type is Cheirothrix.
It was assigned to Eurypterygii by Dietze (2009).
It was assigned to Eurypterygii by Dietze (2009).
Subtaxa
Cheirothrix (syn. Megistopus, Megapus) (type genus)
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1901 | Cheirotricidae Woodward |
| 2009 | Cheirotricidae Dietze p. 561 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Fm. †Cheirotricidae Woodward 1901
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G. †Cheirothrix Pictet and Humbert 1866
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†Cheirothrix guestphalicus Schlüter 1868
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Invalid names: Telepholis biantennatus von der Marck 1873 [synonym]
†Cheirothrix lewisii Davis 1887
†Cheirothrix libanicus Pictet and Humbert 1866
Invalid names: Megapus Schlüter 1868 [synonym], Megistopus Landois 1894 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range: base of the Late/Upper Santonian to the top of the Late/Upper Campanian or 85.80000 to 70.60000 Ma
Collections (5 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Santonian | Lebanon | Cheirothrix libanicus (221157 221226) Cheirothrix libanicus, Cheirothrix lewisii (170327) | |
| Late/Upper Campanian | Germany | Megapus guestphalicus (221718) Telepholis biantennatus (213198) |