Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Conocoryphidae
Parent taxon: Ptychopariida according to H. B. Whittington et al. 1997
See also Adrain 2011, Henningsmoen 1952, Jell and Adrain 2002 and Mason 1935
Sister taxa: Acrocephalitidae, Alokistocaridae, Amphorella, Atratebiinae, Bifodina, Bolaspididae, Bulnibarbi, Bvalbardites, Catillicephalidae, Chondrastaulina, Chuangiformis, Cliffiidae, Conococheaquea, Conokephalinidae, Crepicephalidae, Diceratocephalidae, Elviniidae, Harpina, Indiligens, Kazelina, Kingstoniidae, Kirengelia, Lisaniidae, Lonchocephalidae, Lorenzellidae, Marjumiidae, Meniscocorphye, Menomoniidae, Neoanomocerella, Norwoodiidae, Olenina, Papyriaspididae, Phylacteridae, Plethopeltidae, Proasaphiscidae, Propeltura, Ptychopariidae, Ptychopariina, Ptychoparoides, Raymondinidae, Shumardiidae, Solenopleuracea, Solenopleuridae, Tricrepicephalidae, Xianquianaspis, Yuehsieszella
Subtaxa: Bailiaspis Bailiella Cainatops Conocoryphe Ctenocephalus Elyx Hartella Novocatharia Parabailiella Tchaiaspis
Type: Conocoryphe
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Solvan of the Czech Republic (5 collections), Spain (1)
• Amgan of the Czech Republic (3)
• Delamaran of Canada (1: New Brunswick)
• Cambrian of Canada (7: New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador), China (8), the Czech Republic (14), France (7), Greenland (1), Italy (1), Morocco (1), the Russian Federation (1), Spain (11), Turkey (8), the United Kingdom (1), United States (2: Alaska, Wisconsin)
Total: 72 collections including 107 occurrences