''Anacheirurus'' is a genus of
trilobite
Trilobites (; meaning "three-lobed entities") are extinction, extinct marine arthropods that form the class (biology), class Trilobita. One of the earliest groups of arthropods to appear in the fossil record, trilobites were among the most succ ...
s. It was described by Reed in 1896, as a new genus for the
species
A species () is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction. It is the basic unit of Taxonomy (biology), ...
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Cheirurus
''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, ...
frederici'', and was originally described by Salter in 1864.
Species
* ''Anacheirurus asiaticus''
Petrunina, 1984
* ''Anacheirurus bohemicus''
(Ruzicka, 1926)
* ''Anacheirurus frederici''
(Salter, 1864)
* ''Anacheirurus plutonis''
Rushton, 1973
* ''Anacheirurus atecae''
Hamman, 1971
External links
''Anacheirurus''at the
Paleobiology Database
The Paleobiology Database (PBDB) is an online resource for information on the distribution and classification of fossil animals, plants, and microorganisms.
History
The Paleobiology Database originated in the NCEAS-funded Phanerozoic Marine Pale ...
Fossils of Great Britain
Pilekiidae
Phacopida genera
Fossil taxa described in 1896
Fezouata Formation fossils
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