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Cheirurus

Artiopoda - Phacopida - Cheiruridae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1845Cheirurus Beyrich
1916Cheirurus Raymond p. 30
1925Cheirurus Warburg
2002Cheirurus Jell and Adrain p. 357
2002Cheirurus Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
RankNameAuthor
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderPhacopidaSalter 1864
suborderCheirurinaHarrington and Leanza 1957
familyCheiruridaeHawle and Corda 1847
genusCheirurusBeyrich 1845

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.

G. †Cheirurus Beyrich 1845
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Subg. †Cheirurus (Crotalocephalina) Pibyl and Vanek 1964
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†Cheirurus (Crotalocephalina) oxina Holloway and Neil 1982
Subg. †Cheirurus (Pseudosphaerexochus) Schmidt 1881
†Cheirurus clasonii Törnquist 1905
†Cheirurus dilatatus Raymond 1916
†Cheirurus glaber Angelin 1854
†Cheirurus juvenis Salter 1848
†Cheirurus marianus Verneuil and Barrande 1855
†Cheirurus niagarensis Hall 1868
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Invalid names: Ceraurus insignis Hall 1852 [synonym]
†Cheirurus nuperus Billings 1866
†Cheirurus patens Raymond 1916
†Cheirurus percensis Cooper and Kindle 1936
†Cheirurus punctatus Angelin 1854
†Cheirurus tarquininus Billings 1863
†Cheirurus welleri Raymond 1916
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Spines: majorg
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: well-developedg
Comments: BODY SIZE: Data from Harrington et al. (1959).g
Created: 2009-06-09 12:25:18
Modified: 2010-01-13 06:00:04
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004, Harrington et al. 1959

Age range: base of the Costonian to the top of the Givetian or 458.20000 to 382.31000 Ma

Collections (101 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Costonian - Marshbrookian458.2 - 454.0China (GanSu) C. sp. (8548)
Sandbian458.2 - 452.8Kazakhstan C. sp. (80224)
Actonian - Onnian454.0 - 449.5China (AnHui) C. sp. (7848)
Katian452.8 - 445.2China (Jiangxi) C. sp. (25837)
Edenian - Gamachian451.0 - 443.1Canada (Quebec) C. percensis (37800)
Harju450.5 - 443.1Sweden C. sp. (378 379)
Richmondian - Gamachian449.6 - 443.1Canada (Quebec) C. percensis (37790)
Pirgu449.5 - 445.2Sweden C. sp. (161779)
Pirgu - Hirnantian449.5 - 443.1Sweden (Dalarna) C. sp. (158137)
Pirgu - Hirnantian449.5 - 443.1Sweden (Dalarne) C. sp. (73408)
Rawtheyan448.8 - 445.2United Kingdom (England) C. glaber (161737)
Hirnantian445.2 - 443.1Canada (Quebec) C. sp. (194180)
Llandovery443.1 - 432.9USA (Iowa) C. sp. (24946)
Silurian443.1 - 419.62Australia (Victoria) C. sp. (10199)
Silurian443.1 - 419.62USA (Oklahoma) C. sp. (528)
Aeronian440.5 - 438.6Greenland C. sp. (23053)
Aeronian440.5 - 438.6United Kingdom (England) C. sp. (453 454)
Telychian438.6 - 432.9United Kingdom (Wales) C. sp. (50153)
Telychian438.6 - 432.9United Kingdom (Shropshire) C. sp. (49580)
Telychian438.6 - 432.9Canada (Ontario) C. sp. (77332)
Telychian438.6 - 432.9USA (Iowa) C. sp. (25015)
Telychian438.6 - 432.9Canada (Yukon Territory) C. sp. (23100)
Telychian - Sheinwoodian438.6 - 430.6USA (Iowa) C. sp. (26769)
Telychian - Wenlock438.6 - 426.7USA (Iowa) C. sp. (25024)
Sheinwoodian432.9 - 430.6USA (Wisconsin) C. niagarensis (13069 13075)
Sheinwoodian432.9 - 430.6USA (New York) C. niagarensis (82584)
Sheinwoodian432.9 - 430.6Czechia C. insignis (14046 14051 14093 14094) C. insignis, C. obtusatus (14123) C. obtusatus (14096) C. sp. (14124)
Wenlock432.9 - 426.7USA (Iowa) C. sp. (25019 25031 25032)
Wenlock432.9 - 426.7USA (Arkansas) C. phollikodes, C. prolixus (26020)
Wenlock432.9 - 426.7Ukraine C. insignis (23349)
Wenlock432.9 - 426.7India C. sp. (36259)
Wenlock432.9 - 426.7USA (New York) C. niagarensis (81906) C. sp. (472 541 12933 13047)
Wenlock432.9 - 426.7USA (Tennessee) C. niagarensis (26788)
Wenlock432.9 - 426.7Australia (Australian Capital Territory) C. sp. (25679)
Wenlock432.9 - 426.7Canada (Northwest Territories) C. sp. (26061 26062 26063)
Wenlock432.9 - 426.7USA (Wisconsin) C. sp. (26808)
Wenlock432.9 - 426.7USA (Indiana) C. dilatatus (24940)
Wenlock432.9 - 426.7USA (Oklahoma) C. phollikodes (26021)
Wenlock432.9 - 426.7Czechia C. insignis (14090 14091)
Wenlock - Ludlow432.9 - 422.7USA (Wisconsin) C. niagarensis (24937) C. sp. (24942)
Wenlock - Ludlow432.9 - 422.7USA (Illinois) C. niagarensis (24935 24936 24938 24939) C. patens (24943)
Wenlock - Pridoli432.9 - 419.62USA (California) C. insignis (214346)
Wenlock - Silurian432.9 - 419.62USA (Wisconsin) C. niagarensis (13104 13107)
Homerian430.6 - 426.7Czechia C. insignis (14050 14065 14102) C. obtusatus (14048 14098) C. sp. (14055 14097)
Gorstian426.7 - 425.0Czechia C. obtusatus (14049) C. sp. (14125)
Gorstian426.7 - 425.0Algeria C. sp. (27153)
Ludlow426.7 - 422.7USA (Oklahoma) C. infensus (26823)
Ludlow426.7 - 422.7Morocco C. obtusatus (27029) C. strux (27053)
Ludlow426.7 - 422.7Ukraine C. sp. (23357)
Ludlow426.7 - 422.7USA (California) C. insignis (229581)
Ludfordian425.0 - 422.7Austria C. propinquus (13909)
Ludfordian425.0 - 422.7Sweden (Gotland) C. gotlandicus (13572)
Ludfordian425.0 - 422.7Czechia C. sp. (14072)
Ludfordian - Pridoli425.0 - 419.62USA (Oklahoma) C. infensus (26824)
Pridoli422.7 - 419.62Ukraine C. sp. (23429)
Pridoli422.7 - 419.62Morocco C. bimucronatus (27367) C. quenstedti (27336)
Lochkovian419.62 - 413.02Australia (Victoria) C. oxina (182206) C. sp. (7196)
Lochkovian419.62 - 413.02Kazakhstan C. sp. (24743)
Lochkovian419.62 - 413.02Morocco C. sp. B (27036)
Helderbergian - Emsian419.62 - 393.47Austria C. sp. (26201)
Pragian413.02 - 410.62Morocco (Anti-Atlas) C. sp. 1 (136451) C. sp. 1 Johnson & Fortey 2012 (136391)
Pragian413.02 - 410.62Morocco C. brevispinosus (27061)
Pragian413.02 - 410.62Italy (Sardinia) C. gaertneri (26162)
Pragian413.02 - 410.62Australia (Victoria) C. sp. (234674 234675)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31Germany C. neomyops (5907)