†family Palaeolenidae Hupé 1953 (trilobite)
Trilobita - Redlichiida - Palaeolenidae
Parent taxon: Ellipsocephaloidea according to A. El Albani et al. 2024
See also Adrain 2011 and Jell and Adrain 2002
Sister taxa: Agraulidae, Bigotinidae, Ellipsocephalidae, Estaingiidae, Yunnanocephalidae
Subtaxa: Alataurus Bajangoliaspis Enammocephalus Enixus Ferralsia Gigoutella Habrocephalus Megapalaeolenus Palaeolenella Palaeolenides Palaeolenus Resimopsis Sibirolenus Validaspis
Type: Palaeolenides
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Cambrian of China (21 collections), Germany (1), Kazakhstan (1), Morocco (1), the Russian Federation (6)
Total: 30 collections including 46 occurrences