†family Zhijinitidae Qian 1978
Synonym: Cambroclavitidae Mambetov and Repina 1979
Parent taxon: Cambroclavida according to S. Conway Morris et al. 1997
See also Kiessling 2004 and Mambetov and Repina 1979
Sister taxa: Nikolarites, Parazhijinites, Samsonoffoclavus, Wushichites
Subtaxa: Ambarchaeooides Cambrothyra Deiradovclavus Deltaclavus Isoclavus Paracarinachites Pseudoclavus Sinoclavus Tanbaoites Zhijinites
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Cambrian of China (70 collections), Kazakhstan (5), Kyrgyzstan (2)
Total: 77 collections including 103 occurrences