Artiopoda - Ptychopariida - Solenopleuridae
Parent taxon: Solenopleuridae according to E. Landing et al. 2008
See also Bruton and Harper 2000, Jell and Adrain 2002 and 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, Pardailhania, Perneraspis, Pingluia, Proavus, Pseudosolenoparia, Rimouskia, Rina, Sao, Shanghaiaspis, Solenoparia, Solenoparops, Solenopleurella, Solenopleurinae, Solenopleuropsis, Squarrosoella, Trachoparia, Usumunaspis, Wafangdiania, Yabeia
Subtaxa: Parasolenopleura aculeata Parasolenopleura parabolica Parasolenopleura peregrina Parasolenopleura scanica Parasolenopleura wurmi
Type: Calymene aculeata
Ecology: epifaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Cambrian of Antarctica (1 collection), Germany (21), Greenland (1), Morocco (1), Norway (1), Spain (1), Sweden (2), United States (1: Alaska)
Total: 29 collections including 34 occurrences
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