†family Centropleuridae Angelin 1854 (trilobite)
Artiopoda - Redlichiida - Centropleuridae
Parent taxon: Paradoxidoidea according to J. M. Adrain 2011
See also Whittington et al. 1997
Sister taxa: Paradoxididae, Xystriduridae
Subtaxa: Anopolenus Beishanella Centropleura Clarella Luhops
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Cambrian of Antarctica (1 collection), Australia (1), Czechia (2), Greenland (5), the Russian Federation (2), Sweden (1), the United Kingdom (2), United States (2: Alaska, Vermont)
• Solvan of Czechia (1), United States (1: Nevada)
Total: 18 collections including 21 occurrences