Dicranurus
Parent taxon: Odontopleuridae according to H. B. Whittington 1956
See also Jell and Adrain 2002 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Acidaspidinae, Apianurinae, Borkopleura, Ceratocephalinae, Ceratonurus, Chlustinia, Dudleyaspis, Eoleonaspis, Exallaspis, Gaotania, Hispaniaspis, Isoprusia, Ivanopleura, Koneprusia, Koneprusiinae, Laethoprusia, Meadowtownella, Miraspidinae, Odontopleurinae, Orphanaspis, Periallaspis, Proceratocephala, Selenopeltis, Selenopeltoides, Stelckaspis, Taemasaspis, Uriarra
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Environments: marine , shallow subtidal, carbonate , deep subtidal ramp
Age range: 436.0 to 409.1 Ma
Distribution:
• Devonian of Australia , the Czech Republic , Morocco , United States : Oklahoma)
• Silurian to Devonian of United States
• Silurian of Australia
