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Cheirurina ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)197516https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=197516
Ranksuborder (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Phacopida : Cheirurina
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Ecdysozoa
-Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumMandibulata
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderPhacopidaSalter 1864
suborderCheirurinaHarrington and Leanza 1957
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Cheirurinasuborderbelongs to Phacopidastated without evidenceHarrington and Leanza, 1957
Cheirurinasuborderbelongs to Phacopidastated with evidenceAdrain, 2011
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)602
First Recorded Appearance488 - 479 Ma
Paleozoic
Last Recorded Appearance384 - 382 Ma
Devonian
Environmentmarine (based on Trilobita)
Motilityfast-moving (based on Trilobita)
Dietcarnivore (based on Trilobita)
Ontogenymolting,addition of parts (based on Trilobita)
Taphonomylow Mg calcite, chitin (based on Trilobita)
Primary Reference (PBDB)G. D. Edgecombe, B. D. E. Chatterton, and NE Vaccari, BG Waisfield. 1999. Ordovician cheirurid trilobites from the Argentine Precordillera. Journal of Paleontology 73(6):1155-1175

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Cheiruridae ✝
family
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
1,942488 Ma
Cambrian
384 Ma
Middle Devonian
Encrinuridae ✝
family
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
1,225479 Ma
Early/Lower Ordovician
419 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian
Pliomeridae ✝
family
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
784488 Ma
Cambrian
450 Ma
Late/Upper Ordovician

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1957Cheirurina Harrington and Leanza
1999Cheirurina Edgecombe et al.
2011Cheirurina Adrain p. 106

References

Edgecombe G. D., Chatterton B. D. E., et al (1999) Ordovician cheirurid trilobites from the Argentine Precordillera, Journal of Paleontology 73 6, 1155-1175
Harrington H. J., Leanza A. F. (1957) Ordovician trilobites of Argentina, Department of Geology, University of Kansas Special Publication. Lawrence: University of Kansas Press 1, 1-276
Adrain J. M. (2011) Class Trilobita Walch, 1771, Animal biodiversity: an outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness 3148, 104-109
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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