Trilobita - Corynexochida - Corynexochidae
Parent taxon: Corynexochina according to J. M. Adrain 2011
See also Jell and Adrain 2002, Pour and Popov 2009 and Whittington et al. 1997
Sister taxa: Chengkouiidae, Dinesidae, Dorypygidae, Edelsteinaspididae, Jakutidae, Oryctocephalidae, Zacanthoididae
Subtaxa: Abakania Acontheus Bonnaspis Chatiania Clavigellus Corynexochinae Corynexochus Eochatiania Eocorynexochus Hartshillia Hartshillina Milaspis Miranella Sanaschtykgolia Shivelicus Stenochilina Trinia
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Taoyuanian of China (3 collections)
• Delamaran of United States (1: California)
• Cambrian of Antarctica (1), Australia (2), Canada (4: British Columbia, Yukon), China (28), Denmark (1), Greenland (1), India (1), Italy (3), Kazakhstan (30), Kyrgyzstan (2), the Russian Federation (23), Turkey (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (4: Alaska, Nevada)
• Caerfai of Italy (3)
Total: 109 collections including 145 occurrences