Trilobita - Corynexochida - Leiostegiidae
Parent taxon: Leiostegiidae according to S. Peng et al. 2004
See also Jell and Adrain 2002 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Aedotes, Agerina, Annamitella, Arcifimbria, Brackebuschia, Chiawangella, Cholopilus, Chosenia, Chuangiella, Chuangioides, Chuangiopsis, Eochuangia, Geminiclavula, Iranaspis, Kepisis, Leiostegium, Linguchuangia, Lloydia, Meropalla, Pagodiidae, Pagodiinae, Plethopeltella, Pseudocalymene, Reubenella, Schantungia, Tinaspis, Trephina, Wanshania
Subtaxa: Prochuangia glabella Prochuangia granulosa Prochuangia leiocephala Prochuangia licinispinata Prochuangia longispina Prochuangia turcica
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cambrian of Australia (11 collections), China (17), France (1), Iran (1), Kazakhstan (5), Turkey (2)
• Taoyuanian of China (1), Turkey (1)
Total: 39 collections including 43 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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