Artiopoda - Asaphida - Ceratopygidae
Synonym: Lichapyge Callaway 1874
Parent taxon: Ceratopygidae according to J.-S. Bao and J.B. Jago 2000
See also Jell and Adrain 2002 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Ajacicrepida, Asiocephalus, Boschchekulia, Ceratopyge, Charchaqia, Diceratopyge, Dichelepyge, Dipleuropyge, Haniwoides, Hedinaspis, Hunanopyge, Hysterolenus, Iwayaspidinae, Kaltykelina, Kaufmannella, Kogenium, Macropygella, Mansuyella, Nannopeltis, Onychopyge, Proceratopyge, Pseudohysterolenus, Pseudoyuepingia, Tamdaspis, Tropidopyge, Yuepingioides
Subtaxa: Macropyge (Promacropyge)
Type: Gladiatoria gladiator
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Ordovician of France (2 collections), the Russian Federation (2), the United Kingdom (3), United States (2: Virginia)
• Taoyuanian of China (5)
• Cambrian of Australia (1), China (12), Kazakhstan (1), the Russian Federation (4)
Total: 32 collections including 34 occurrences
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