Biology:Cheirurina

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Short description: Extinct suborder of trilobites

Cheirurina
"Ceraurus pleurexanthemus" (Cheiruridae)
Ceraurus pleurexanthemus (Cheiruridae)
Scientific classification e
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.

References

  1. Sam Gon III. "Order Phacopida". http://www.trilobites.info/ordphacopida.htm. Retrieved November 13, 2010. 
  2. J.M. Adrain (2014). "20. A synopsis of Ordovician trilobite distribution and diversity". in D.A.T. Harper. Early Palaeozoic Biogeography and Palaeogeography. Memoirs of the Geological Society of London. 38. Geological Society of London. pp. 490. ISBN 978-1862393738. 

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