Artiopoda - Lichida - Damesellidae
Parent taxon: Dameselloidea according to G.-Y. Ren et al. 2017
See also Adrain 2011, Bentley et al. 2006 and Whittington et al. 1997
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Adelogonus Bergeronites Blackwelderia Blackwelderioides Carrosella Cyrtoprora Damesella Damesops Dipentaspis Dipyrgotes Dipyrogotes Guancenshania Hercantyx Histiomona Karslanus Kiyakius Liuheaspis Meringaspis Metashantungia Neodrepanura Palaeadotes Parablackwelderia Paradamesella Pingquania Protaitzehoia Shantungia Stephanocare Taihangshaniashania Taitzehoia Teinistion
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Cambrian of Antarctica (3 collections), Australia (3), China (130), France (1), India (8), Iran (1), Kazakhstan (19), the Russian Federation (2), South Korea (14), Türkiye (1)
Total: 182 collections including 437 occurrences