Coeloscleritophora - Chancelloriida - Chancelloriidae
Parent taxon: Chancelloriida according to P. Y. Parkhaev and Y. Demidenko 2010
See also Bengtson and Hou 2001, Brock and Cooper 1993, Henningsmoen 1952, Kouchinsky et al. 2017, Landing and Bartowski 1996 and Skovsted 2006
Sister taxa: Diplospinella, Elkanospina, Ginospina, Platyspinites, Sachitidae
Subtaxa: Aldania Aldanospina Allonia Allonnia Archiasterella Chancelloria Chancelloriella Diffusasterella Eremactis
Type: Chancelloria
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Marjumian of United States (3: Utah collections)
• Cambrian of Antarctica (1), Argentina (2), Australia (79), Canada (34: British Columbia, Labrador, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Quebec), China (53), France (1), Germany (1), Greenland (19), Guinea (1), Iran (1), Israel (1), Italy (9), Jordan (2), Kazakhstan (13), Kyrgyzstan (2), Mexico (7), Mongolia (2), Morocco (1), Norway (1), the Russian Federation (38), Spain (5), Turkey (1), the United Kingdom (7), United States (26: California, Indiana, Massachusetts, Nevada, New York, Pennsylvania, Utah)
Total: 310 collections including 590 occurrences