†family Edelsteinaspididae Hupé 1953 (trilobite)
Trilobita - Corynexochida - Edelsteinaspididae
Parent taxon: Corynexochina according to J. M. Adrain 2011
See also Hollingsworth 2005 and Whittington et al. 1997
Sister taxa: Chengkouiidae, Corynexochidae, Dinesidae, Dorypygidae, Jakutidae, Oryctocephalidae, Zacanthoididae
Subtaxa: Alacephalus Edelsteinaspis Gelasene Labradoria Laticephalus Litaspis Nehanniaspis Nodiceps Paleofossus Polliaxis
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cambrian of Australia (2 collections), Canada (6: Labrador, Northwest Territories, Yukon), China (6), Falkland Islands (Malvinas) (1), the Russian Federation (18), United States (3: Alaska, Nevada)
• Waucoban of Canada (1: British Columbia)
Total: 37 collections including 48 occurrences