Trilobita - Olenida - Asaphiscidae
Synonyms: Emmrichella Walcott 1911, Liaoyangaspis Chang 1957, Pseudoliostracina Kobayshi 1938 [objective synonym]
Parent taxon: Asaphiscidae according to Z. Zhou and Y. Zhen 2008
See also Jell and Adrain 2002 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Blainiopsis, Blountiella, Blountina, Cinnella, Conoides, Dunderbergella, Edithiella, Emmrichellidae, Eoproetus, Erbenia, Eteraspis, Glyphaspis, Iniotoma, Kaninia, Kaniniella, Luyanhaoaspis, Luyanhaoia, Mindycrusta, Paraorlovia, Verkholenella
Subtaxa: Lioparia theano
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Cambrian of China (5 collections), Kazakhstan (1)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
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