Trilobita - Corynexochida - Leiostegiidae
Synonyms: Chuangia Walcott 1911, Parachuangia Qiu 1983
Parent taxon: Leiostegiidae according to P. A. Jell and J. M. Adrain 2002
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Aedotes, Agerina, Annamitella, Brackebuschia, Chiawangella, Cholopilus, Chosenia, Chuangiella, Chuangioides, Chuangiopsis, Eochuangia, Geminiclavula, Iranaspis, Kepisis, Leiostegium, Linguchuangia, Lloydia, Meropalla, Pagodiidae, Pagodiinae, Plethopeltella, Prochuangia, Pseudocalymene, Reubenella, Tinaspis, Wanshania
Subtaxa: Chuangia austriaca Chuangia batia Chuangia puteata Chuangia subquadrangulata Chuangia wulingensis
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Taoyuanian of South Korea (18 collections)
• Cambrian of China (15), Iran (1), Kazakhstan (5), South Korea (1), Turkey (1)
Total: 41 collections including 42 occurrences
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