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. Its remains have been found in Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, and North America. Cheirurus is the type genus of Cheiruridae.
Further reading
- Paleontology portal
- Trilobite: Eyewitness to Evolution by Richard Fortey
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Cheirurus.- "Suborder Cheirurina". Trilobites.info. Archived from the original on January 21, 2022.
- "Cheirurus". Paleobiology Database.
References
Fatka, Oldřich; Budil, Petr (2022-05-13). "Contribution of August Heinrich Ernst Beyrich to the knowledge of Ordovician trilobites in the Czech Republic". PalZ. 96 (4): 669–687. doi:10.1007/s12542-021-00595-2. ISSN 1867-6812. S2CID 248725365. 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. JSTOR 1302460. https://www.jstor.org/stable/1302460 ↩