Artiopoda - Ptychopariida - Papyriaspididae
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, Lorenzellidae, Marjumiidae, Meniscocorphye, Meniscocoryphe, Menomoniidae, Neoanomocerella, Norwoodiidae, Olenina, Phylacteridae, Plethopeltidae, Proasaphiscidae, Propeltura, Ptychopariidae, Ptychopariina, Ptychoparoides, Raymondinidae, Shumardiidae, Solenopleuracea, Solenopleuridae, Tricrepicephalidae, Xianquianaspis, Yuehsieszella
Subtaxa: Badainjaranaspis Papyriaspis Pianaspis Prohedinia Wandelella Wangcunia
Type: Papyriaspis
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Cambrian of Antarctica (1 collection), Australia (2), China (41), New Zealand (1), the Russian Federation (2), United States (3: Alaska, Utah)
Total: 50 collections including 60 occurrences