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Cheirurus
Taxonomy
Cheirurus was named by Beyrich (1845) [Sepkoski's age data: O u D Give-u Sepkoski's reference number: 421].
It was assigned to Cheirurinae by Raymond (1916); to Phacopida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Cheiruridae by Jell and Adrain (2003).
It was assigned to Cheirurinae by Raymond (1916); to Phacopida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Cheiruridae by Jell and Adrain (2003).
Species
Species lacking formal opinion data
Sister genera
Actinopeltis, Anasobella, Areia, Areiaspis, Borealaspis, Ceraurinella, Ceraurinus, Cerauroides, Cerauromeros, Ceraurus, Chiozoon, Contracheirurus, Crotalocephalina, Crotalocephalus, Cydonocephalus, Cyrtometopella, Cyrtometopus, Deiphon, Didrepanon, Eccoptochile, Gabriceraurus, Hadromeros, Heliomera, Heliomeroides, Hemisphaerocoryphe, Holia, Hyrokybe (syn. Shiqiania), Junggarella, Kawina, Ktenoura, Lehua, Nieszkowskia, Onycopyge, Osekaspis, Pandaspinapyga, Paraceraurus, Parayoungia, Parisoceraurus, Pateraspis, Placoparina, Proromma, Protocerauroides, Pseudocheirurus, Pseudosphaerexochus, Radiurus, Remipyga, Skelipyx, Sphaerexochus, Sphaerocoryphe, Stubblefieldia, Sycophantia, Valongia, Whittakerites, Xystocrania, Youngia
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1845 | Cheirurus Beyrich |
| 1916 | Cheirurus Raymond p. 30 |
| 2002 | Cheirurus Sepkoski, Jr. |
| 2003 | Cheirurus Jell and Adrain p. 357 |
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