Trilobita - Phacopida - Cheiruridae

PaleoDB taxon number: 21810

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

Sister taxa: Acanthoparyphinae, Anasobella, Ancyginaspis, Arcticeraurinella, Areia, Areiaspis, Borealaspis, Bornholmaspis, Ceraurinium, Ceraurinus, Cerauroides, Cerauromeros, Cerauropeltis, Ceraurus, Chacomurus, Cheirurinae, Cheirurus, Chiozoon, Contracheirurus, Courtessolium, Crotalocephalides, Crotalocephalina, Crotalocephalus, Cyrtometopinae, Cyrtometopus, Deiphon, Deiphoninae, Didrepanon, Eccoptochilinae, Forteyops, Gabriceraurus, Hammannopyge, Heliomera, Heliomeroides, Hemisphaerocoryphe, Holia, Hyrokybe, Ichiyamella, Junggarella, Kawina, Krattaspis, Ktenoura, Laneites, Lehua, Onycopyge, Osekaspis, Parayoungia, Parisoceraurus, Pateraspis, Patomaspis, Placoparina, Pompeckia, Proromma, Protocerauroides, Pseudocheirurus, Radiurus, Ratinkaspis, Remipyga, Sphaerexochinae, Sphaexerochinae, Stubblefieldia, Sycophantia, Turantyx, Whittakerites, Xylabion, Xystocrania, Youngia, Zazvorkaspis

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore