Artiopoda - Proetida - Telephinidae
Parent taxon: Proetida according to R. A. Fortey and D. L. Bruton 2013
See also Adrain 2011, Chatterton et al. 1999, Fortey and Droser 1999 and Whittington et al. 1997
Sister taxa: Anujaspisinae, Aulacopleuroidea, Bathyuridae, Bathyuroidea, Cammingella, Dimeropygidae, Globusiinae, Huanoproetus, Hystricuridae, Niachangella, Parapalebralia, Phaselops, Proetoidea, Pusillaboles, Radonia, Sperginaspis, Tayanaella, Tekinia, Vitaella
Subtaxa: Carolinites Carrickiinae Goniophrys Oopsites Opipeuter Opipeuteridae Phorocephala Pyraustocranium Telephina
Ecology: nektonic microcarnivore
Distribution:
• Uhaku of Norway (14 collections), Sweden (2)
• Whiterockian of Canada (12: Newfoundland and Labrador, Northwest Territories, Quebec), Norway (4), United States (13: Nevada, New York, Oklahoma, Vermont)
• Chazyan of Canada (16: Newfoundland and Labrador, Northwest Territories)
• Billingen of Norway (1), the Russian Federation (1)
• Arenig of Argentina (7), Australia (8), Canada (1: Newfoundland and Labrador), China (10), Norway (4)
• Arenigian of Canada (1: Northwest Territories), China (5), United States (5: Nevada, Utah)
• Dawan of China (1)
• Canadian of Canada (2: Northwest Territories, Québec)
• Ordovician of Argentina (4), Australia (22), Canada (12: Alberta, Newfoundland and Labrador, Northwest Territories), China (50), Iran (3), Ireland (4), Italy (2), Kazakhstan (3), Norway (20), the Russian Federation (10), Sweden (9), the United Kingdom (8), United States (53: California, Idaho, Maine, Nevada, Utah, Virginia)
• Ibexian of Norway (1), United States (2: Nevada, New York)
Total: 310 collections including 382 occurrences