Biology:Cheirurus
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Short description: Genus of trilobites
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| Genus: | Cheirurus Beyrich, 1845
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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.
References
- ↑ Fatka, Oldřich; Budil, Petr (2022-05-13). "Contribution of August Heinrich Ernst Beyrich to the knowledge of Ordovician trilobites in the Czech Republic" (in en). PalZ 96 (4): 669–687. doi:10.1007/s12542-021-00595-2. ISSN 1867-6812. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12542-021-00595-2.
- ↑ Haas, Winfried (1969). "Lower Devonian Trilobites from Central Nevada and Northern Mexico". Journal of Paleontology 43 (3): 641–659. ISSN 0022-3360. https://www.jstor.org/stable/1302460.
Further reading
- Trilobite: Eyewitness to Evolution by Richard Fortey
External links
- "Suborder Cheirurina". http://www.trilobites.info.
- "Cheirurus". http://paleodb.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?action=checkTaxonInfo&taxon_no=21494.
Wikidata ☰ Q5089719 entry
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