Cheirurus
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Cheirurus (from Greek xeip, cheir meaning "hand" and oupá, oura meaning "tail") is a genus of phacopid trilobites that lived from the Late Cambrian to the Middle Devonian. Its remains have been found in Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, and North America. Cheirurus is the type genus of Cheiruridae.
References
- Trilobite: Eyewitness to Evolution by Richard Fortey
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Categories:
- Cheiruridae
- Phacopida genera
- Cambrian trilobites
- Ordovician trilobites
- Silurian trilobites
- Devonian trilobites
- Trilobites of Africa
- Trilobites of Asia
- Trilobites of Oceania
- Trilobites of Europe
- Trilobites of North America
- Cambrian animals of Africa
- Cambrian first appearances
- Middle Devonian genus extinctions
- Paleozoic life of Ontario
- Paleozoic life of Quebec
- Phacopida stubs