†family Palaeolenidae HupĂ© 1953 (trilobite)
Trilobita - Redlichiida - Palaeolenidae
Parent taxon: Ellipsocephaloidea according to J. M. Adrain 2011
See also Jell and Adrain 2002
Sister taxa: Agraulidae, Bigotinidae, Ellipsocephalidae, Estaingiidae, Yunnanocephalidae
Subtaxa: Alataurus Bajangoliaspis Enammocephalus Enixus Ferralsia Gigoutella Habrocephalus Megapalaeolenus Palaeolenella Palaeolenides Palaeolenus Resimopsis Validaspis
Type: Palaeolenides
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Cambrian of China (21 collections), Germany (1), Kazakhstan (1), the Russian Federation (5)
Total: 28 collections including 44 occurrences