Cheirurina

Cheirurina
Temporal range: FurongianGivetian [1]
"Ceraurus pleurexanthemus" (Cheiruridae)
Ceraurus pleurexanthemus (Cheiruridae)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Trilobita
Order: Phacopida
Suborder: Cheirurina
Families

Cheirurina is a suborder of the trilobite order Phacopida. Known representatives range from the uppermost Cambrian (upper Furongian) to the end of the Middle Devonian (Givetian).[1][2] Cheirurina is made up of a morphologically diverse group of related families.

  1. ^ a b Sam Gon III. "Order Phacopida". Retrieved November 13, 2010.
  2. ^ J.M. Adrain (2014). "20. A synopsis of Ordovician trilobite distribution and diversity". In D.A.T. Harper; T. Servais (eds.). Early Palaeozoic Biogeography and Palaeogeography. Memoirs of the Geological Society of London. Vol. 38. Geological Society of London. p. 490. ISBN 978-1862393738.