Artiopoda - Ptychopariida - Proasaphiscidae
Parent taxon: Ptychopariida according to C. J. Bentley et al. 2006
See also Adrain 2011 and Whittington et al. 1997
Sister taxa: Acrocephalitidae, Alokistocaridae, Amphorella, Atratebiinae, Bifodina, Bolaspididae, Bulnibarbi, Bvalbardites, Catillicephalidae, Chondrastaulina, Chuangiformis, Cliffiidae, Conococheaquea, Conocoryphidae, Conokephalinidae, Crepicephalidae, Diceratocephalidae, Elviniidae, Harpina, Indiligens, Jamrogiidae, Kazelina, Kingstoniidae, Kirengelia, Lisaniidae, Lonchocephalidae, Lorenzellidae, Marjumiidae, Meniscocorphye, Meniscocoryphe, Menomoniidae, Neoanomocerella, Nepeidae, Norwoodiidae, Olenina, Onchonotopsidae, Papyriaspididae, Phylacteridae, Plethopeltidae, Propeltura, Ptychopariidae, Ptychopariina, Ptychoparoides, Raymondinidae, Shumardiidae, Solenopleuracea, Solenopleuridae, Tricrepicephalidae, Xianquianaspis, Yuehsieszella
Subtaxa: Alomataspis Atilayus Chelidonocephalus Dananzhuangaspis Daopingia Derikaspis Eymekops Gangdeeria Gloriagloria Grandioculus Guankouia Hadraspis Hatangia Holanshaniidae Honanaspis Honania Huaibeia Hundwarella Iranoleesia Jiangsuaspis Jiangsucephalus Jiangsuia Jiubaspis Jixianella Koptura Kutsingocephalus Lioparella Luonanocephalus Manchuriella Maotunia Memmatella Miaobanpoia Parayujinia Plectrocrania Proacanthocephalus Proasaphiscina Proasaphiscus Pseudanomocarina Shanxiella Stella Sudanomocarina Szeaspis Tankhella Tengfengiidae Urjungaspis Wolfartius Yujinia Zhongtiaoshanaspis
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Cambrian of Antarctica (6 collections), Australia (1), China (105), India (8), Iran (3), Kazakhstan (4), New Zealand (1), the Russian Federation (1), Türkiye (20)
• Amgan of Iran (1), Kazakhstan (4), the Russian Federation (2)
Total: 156 collections including 267 occurrences