†family Archaeaspididae Repina 1979 (trilobite)
Trilobita - Redlichiida - Archaeaspididae
Parent taxon: Fallotaspidoidea according to J. M. Adrain 2011
See also Geyer 1996, Lieberman 2002, Palmer and Repina 1993 and Whittington et al. 1997
Sister taxa: Fallotaspididae, Judomiidae, Neltneriidae, Nevadiidae
Subtaxa: Archaeaspis Fallotaspidella Fritzaspis Geraldinella Selindella
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Begadean of United States (3: Nevada collections)
• Cambrian of Mongolia (2), United States (6: California, Nevada)
Total: 11 collections including 16 occurrences