Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Solenopleuridae
Parent taxon: Ptychopariida according to J. C. Lamsdell and P. A. Selden 2015
See also Adrain 2011, Ahlberg 1980, Bruton and Harper 2000, Hollingsworth 2005, Jell and Adrain 2002, Landing et al. 2008, Pour and Popov 2009 and Whittington et al. 1997
Sister taxa: Acrocephalitidae, Alokistocaridae, Amphorella, Atratebiinae, Bifodina, Bolaspididae, Bulnibarbi, Bvalbardites, Catillicephalidae, Chondrastaulina, Chuangiformis, Cliffiidae, Conococheaquea, Conocoryphidae, Conokephalinidae, Crepicephalidae, Diceratocephalidae, Elviniidae, Harpina, Indiligens, Kazelina, Kingstoniidae, Kirengelia, Lisaniidae, Lonchocephalidae, Lorenzellidae, Marjumiidae, Meniscocorphye, Meniscocoryphe, Menomoniidae, Neoanomocerella, Norwoodiidae, Olenina, Papyriaspididae, Phylacteridae, Plethopeltidae, Proasaphiscidae, Propeltura, Ptychopariidae, Ptychopariina, Ptychoparoides, Raymondinidae, Shumardiidae, Solenopleuracea, Tricrepicephalidae, Xianquianaspis, Yuehsieszella
Subtaxa: Abakanopleura Acanthometopus Acrocephalaspis Acrocephalina Agraulinae Aiaiaspis Aidarella Albansia Aldanaspis Badulesia Bigranulella Catasolenopleura Changqingia Conicephalus Crusoia Denaspis Eilura Ejinaspis Herse Huzhuia Hyperoparia Inouyella Kabuqiia Karagandoides Keeleaspis Lashushania Levisia Lianglangshania Liosolenopleura Lophodesella Maiaspis Manublesia Mataninella Menocephalites Minupeltis Munija Munijia Neoacrocephalites Neosolenopleurella Nilegna Ninaspis Oreisator Paracrocephalites Parasolenopleura Pardailhania Perneraspis Pingluia Proavus Pseudosolenoparia Rimouskia Rina Sao Shanghaiaspis Solenoparia Solenoparops Solenopleurella Solenopleurinae Solenopleuropsis Squarrosoella Trachoparia Usumunaspis Wafangdiania Yabeia
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Silurian of Canada (1: Northwest Territories collection)
• Taoyuanian of China (1)
• Solvan of the Czech Republic (3), Spain (1), United States (5: Pennsylvania)
• Amgan of the Czech Republic (2), Kazakhstan (2)
• Delamaran of Canada (1: New Brunswick), Morocco (1), United States (1: Montana)
• Cambrian of Antarctica (4), Canada (13: Alberta-British Columbia, British Columbia, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Northwest Territories), China (66), the Czech Republic (5), France (2), Germany (22), Greenland (5), India (4), Italy (1), Kazakhstan (3), Kyrgyzstan (1), Morocco (1), Norway (4), Poland (2), the Russian Federation (18), South Korea (1), Spain (15), Turkey (7), the United Kingdom (5), United States (15: Alaska, Arizona, California, Nevada, New York, Vermont)
• Caerfai of United States (1: New York)
Total: 213 collections including 304 occurrences