Trilobita - Asaphida - Ceratopygidae
Synonym: Yuepingia Lu 1956
Parent taxon: Ceratopygidae according to Z. Zhou and Y. Zhen 2008
See also Jell and Adrain 2002 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Ajacicrepida, Asiocephalus, Boschchekulia, Ceratopyge, Charchaqia, Diceratopyge, Dichelepyge, Dipleuropyge, Hedinaspis, Hunanopyge, Hysterolenus, Iwayaspidinae, Kaltykelina, Kaufmannella, Kogenium, Macropyge, Macropygella, Mansuyella, Nannopeltis, Neohedinaspis, Onychopyge, Proceratopyge, Pseudohysterolenus, Pseudoyuepingia, Tamdaspis, Tropidopyge, Yuepingioides
Subtaxa: Haniwoides brevicus Haniwoides longus Haniwoides varia Yuepingia brevica Yuepingia minor
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Cambrian of Australia (19 collections), China (4), Kazakhstan (11), South Korea (1)
• Taoyuanian of China (2), South Korea (22)
Total: 59 collections including 67 occurrences
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