Artiopoda - Ptychopariida - Solenopleuridae
Full reference: B. T. Xu and T. Y. Ju. 1987. Discovery of Early Cambrian trilobites from Shanghai and its stratigraphic significance. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 26(1):103-109
Parent taxon: Solenopleuridae according to P. A. Jell and J. M. Adrain 2002
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Abakanopleura, Acanthometopus, Acrocephalaspis, Acrocephalina, Agraulinae, Aiaiaspis, Aidarella, Albansia, Aldanaspis, Badulesia, Balticoglaucus, Bigranulella, Catasolenopleura, Changqingia, Conicephalus, Crusoia, Denaspis, Eilura, Ejinaspis, Herse, Huzhuia, Hyperoparia, Inouyella, Kabuqiia, Karagandoides, Keeleaspis, Lashushania, Levisia, Lianglangshania, Liosolenopleura, Lophodesella, Maiaspis, Manublesia, Mataninella, Menocephalites, Minupeltis, Munija, Munijia, Neoacrocephalites, Neosolenopleurella, Nilegna, Ninaspis, Oreisator, Paracrocephalites, Parasolenopleura, Pardailhania, Perneraspis, Pingluia, Proavus, Pseudosolenoparia, Rimouskia, Rina, Sao, Solenoparia, Solenoparops, Solenopleurella, Solenopleurinae, Solenopleuropsis, Squarrosoella, Trachoparia, Usumunaspis, Wafangdiania, Yabeia
Subtaxa: Shanghaiaspis decipiens Shanghaiaspis latilimbatus Shanghaiaspis usualis
Type: Shanghaiaspis usualis
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at Baoshan (Cambrian of China)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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