Trilobita - Phacopida - Cheiruridae

PaleoDB taxon number: 21810

Parent taxon: Cheiruridae according to P. A. Jell and J. M. Adrain 2003

Sister taxa: Acanthoparyphinae, Anasobella, Areia, Areiaspis, Borealaspis, Ceraurinus, Cerauroides, Cerauromeros, Ceraurus, Cheirurinae, Cheirurus, Chiozoon, Contracheirurus, Crotalocephalina, Crotalocephalus, Cyrtometopella, Cyrtometopinae, Deiphon, Deiphoninae, Didrepanon, Eccoptochilinae, Forteyops, Gabriceraurus, Heliomera, Heliomeroides, Holia, Hyrokybe, Junggarella, Kawina, Ktenoura, Lehua, Nieszkowskia, Onycopyge, Osekaspis, Paraceraurus, Parayoungia, Parisoceraurus, Pateraspis, Placoparina, Pompeckia, Proromma, Protocerauroides, Pseudocheirurus, Radiurus, Remipyga, Sphaerexochinae, Sphaexerochinae, Stubblefieldia, Sycophantia, Whittakerites, Xystocrania, Youngia

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore