Trilobita - Redlichiida - Ellipsocephalidae
Parent taxon: Ellipsocephaloidea according to J. M. Adrain 2011
See also Jell and Adrain 2002, Landing et al. 2008 and Whittington et al. 1997
Sister taxa: Agraulidae, Bigotinidae, Estaingiidae, Palaeolenidae, Yunnanocephalidae
Subtaxa: Acadolenus Alueva Antatlasia Argunaspis Asiatella Bergeroniaspis Bergeroniellus Bhargavia Blayacina Brevitermierella Cambrunicornia Catadoxides Comluella Culmenaspis Ellipsocephalinae Ellipsostrenua Geyerorodes Glabrella Hamatolenus Hupeolenus Issafeniella Kadyella Kameschkoviella Kijanella Kingaspidoides Kingaspis Krolina Kymataspis Latikingaspis Latoucheia Latuzella Lermontovia Limataceps Lusatiops Myopsolenus Nelegeria Olekmaspis Ourikaia Paramicmacca Paraprotolenella Planolimbus Protagraulos Protolenella Protolenidae Protolenus Pruvostinoides Pseudokadyella Pseudolenus Pseudoprotolenella Ptychoparopsis Rinconia Sailycaspis Sectigena Strenuella Tadakoustia Termieraspis Termierella Triangulaspis Yeshanaspis
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Solvan of the Czech Republic (7 collections), Sweden (1)
• Amgan of the Czech Republic (3), Germany (5), Kyrgyzstan (1), Poland (1), Sweden (2)
• Delamaran of Morocco (17)
• Cambrian of Antarctica (3), Canada (1: Newfoundland and Labrador), China (3), the Czech Republic (5), Germany (25), India (4), Italy (1), Morocco (11), Norway (5), Poland (6), the Russian Federation (22), Spain (9), Sweden (5), the United Kingdom (3), United States (4: Massachusetts, Wisconsin)
• Caerfai of Canada (17: New Brunswick)
Total: 161 collections including 325 occurrences