Artiopoda - Olenida - Olenidae
Synonym: Aojia Kobayashi 1935
Parent taxon: Olenidae according to C.D. Walcott 1916
See also Jell and Adrain 2002, Sepkoski 2002 and Yang et al. 1993
Sister taxa: Acerocare, Acerocarina, Aciculolenus, Angelina, Apoplanias, Asilluchus, Baikonuraspis, Balnibarbiinae, Bondarevites, Chekiangaspis, Ctenopyge, Cyclognathina, Euonchonotina, Eurycare, Hancrania, Helieranella, Highgatella, Huangshiaspis, Hypermecaspidinae, Inkouia, Jujuyaspis, Leiobienvillia, Leptobenthos, Leptoplastinae, Leptoplastus, Magnomma, Marjumia, Nericiaspis, Oleninae, Olenus, Parabolina, Parabolinella, Parabolinina, Parabolinites, Paraolenus, Paraplicatolina, Peltocare, Peltura, Pelturina, Pelturinae, Plicatolininae, Prohedinella, Protopeltura, Remizites, Rhodonaspis, Saltaspis, Sphaerophthalmella, Talbotinella, Ullaspis, Westergaardia, Westergaardites, Wujiajiania
Subtaxa: Aojia latifronsa Aojia wanyuanensis Lisania paratungjenensis Lisania yuanjiangensis
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Cambrian of China (38 collections), India (1), Kazakhstan (12)
Total: 51 collections including 65 occurrences
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