Cheirurus

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Cheirurus
Temporal range: Ordovician–Middle Devonian
File:Cheirurus NMNH.jpg
C. ingricus, National Museum of Natural History
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Artiopoda
Class: Trilobita
Order: Phacopida
Family: Cheiruridae
Genus: Cheirurus
Beyrich, 1845
Species
  • Cheirurus dilatatus Raymond, 1916
  • Cheirurus glaber Angelin, 1854
  • Cheirurus niagarensis Hall, 1868
  • Cheirurus patens Raymond, 1916

Cheirurus (from Greek χείρ, cheir meaning "hand" and ουρά, oura meaning "tail") is a genus of phacopid trilobites that lived from the Ordovician to the Devonian.[1][2] Its remains have been found in Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, and North America. Cheirurus is the type genus of Cheiruridae.

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