Artiopoda - Olenida - Pterocephaliidae
Full reference: Y. Lu and Z. Zhu. 1980. Cambrian trilobites from Chuxian-Quanjiao region, Anhui. Memoirs of Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology 16:1-38
Parent taxon: Pterocephaliidae according to S. Peng 1992
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Anechocephalus, Aphelaspidinae, Beigongia, Bromella, Cilia, Dikelocephalites, Flabellocephalus, Housia, Housiinae, Jubileia, Labiostrella, Lunacephalus, Luotuolingia, Maladioides, Metachangshania, Morosa, Paramaladioidella, Pauciella, Pedinaspis, Pedinocephalites, Pelicephalus, Plesiocilia, Proapatokephaloides, Prodikelocephalites, Protemnites, Pterocephaliinae, Pulchricapitus, Stenambon, Tumicephalus, Uxunella, Yangweizhouia, Yingziaspis
Subtaxa: Pseudaphelaspis langyashanensis Pseudaphelaspis latus Pseudaphelaspis obscurus Pseudaphelaspis transversus
Type: Pseudaphelaspis langyashanensis
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Taoyuanian of China (1 collection)
• Cambrian of China (1)
Total: 2 collections including 5 occurrences
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