Artiopoda - Ptychopariida - Lorenzellidae
Parent taxon: Ptychopariida according to H. B. Whittington et al. 1997
See also Adrain 2011
Sister taxa: Acrocephalitidae, Alokistocaridae, Amphorella, Atratebiinae, Bifodina, Bolaspididae, Bulnibarbi, Bvalbardites, Catillicephalidae, Chondrastaulina, Chuangiformis, Cliffiidae, Conococheaquea, Conocoryphidae, Conokephalinidae, Crepicephalidae, Diceratocephalidae, Elviniidae, Harpina, Indiligens, Kazelina, Kingstoniidae, Kirengelia, Lisaniidae, Lonchocephalidae, Marjumiidae, Meniscocorphye, Meniscocoryphe, Menomoniidae, Neoanomocerella, Norwoodiidae, Olenina, Papyriaspididae, Phylacteridae, Plethopeltidae, Proasaphiscidae, Propeltura, Ptychopariidae, Ptychopariina, Ptychoparoides, Raymondinidae, Shumardiidae, Solenopleuracea, Solenopleuridae, Tricrepicephalidae, Xianquianaspis, Yuehsieszella
Subtaxa: Damiaoaspis Inouyops Inoyellaspis Jiangjunshania Jinnania Lorenzella Paralorenzella Porilorenzella Pseudolorenzella Ptyctolorenzella
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Cambrian of China (14 collections), India (1), the Russian Federation (1)
Total: 16 collections including 19 occurrences