Universal 21544 - Top Well Prepared "flying" 3.16 Inch Crotalocephalina Gibbus Lower Devonian Shop The Look [aZ6uAXF0]

Nice and well prepared specimen.

Parent taxon: Cheiruridae according to P. A. Jell and J. M. Adrain 2002

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Acanthoparyphinae, Anasobella, Ancyginaspis, Arcticeraurinella, Areia, Areiaspis, Borealaspis, Bornholmaspis, Ceraurinium, Ceraurinus, Cerauroides, Cerauromeros, Cerauropeltis, Ceraurus, Chacomurus, Cheirurinae, Cheirurus, Chiozoon, Contracheirurus, Courtessolium, Crotalocephalides, Crotalocephalus, Cyrtometopinae, Cyrtometopus, Deiphon, Deiphoninae, Didrepanon, Eccoptochilinae, Forteyops, Gabriceraurus, Hammannopyge, Heliomera, Heliomeroides, Hemisphaerocoryphe, Holia, Hyrokybe, Ichiyamella, Junggarella, Kawina, Kolymella, Krattaspis, Ktenoura, Laneites, Lehua, Onycopyge, Osekaspis, Parayoungia, Parisoceraurus, Pateraspis, Patomaspis, Placoparina, Pompeckia, Proromma, Protocerauroides, Pseudocheirurus, Radiurus, Ratinkaspis, Remipyga, Sphaerexochinae, Sphaexerochinae, Stubblefieldia, Sycophantia, Turantyx, Valongia, Whittakerites, Xylabion, Xystocrania, Youngia, Zazvorkaspis

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Environments: marine, shallow subtidal, deep subtidal, deep subtidal shelf , reef, buildup or bioherm, offshore shelf.

Age range: 412.3 to 391.9 Ma

Distribution:

• Daleje of the Czech Republic 

• Devonian of the Czech Republic, Morocco.