Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Solenopleuridae
Parent taxon: Solenopleuridae according to S. Peng et al. 2009
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Abakanopleura, Acanthometopus, Acrocephalaspis, Acrocephalina, Agraulinae, Aiaiaspis, Aidarella, Albansia, Aldanaspis, Badulesia, 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, Parasolenopleura, Pardailhania, Perneraspis, Pingluia, Proavus, Pseudosolenoparia, Rimouskia, Rina, Sao, Shanghaiaspis, Solenoparops, Solenopleurella, Solenopleurinae, Solenopleuropsis, Squarrosoella, Trachoparia, Usumunaspis, Wafangdiania, Yabeia
Subtaxa: Solenoparia (Plesisolenoparia) Solenoparia agno Solenoparia bisulcata Solenoparia conica Solenoparia jiangsuensis Solenoparia miaohouensis Solenoparia minuta Solenoparia talingensis
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Cambrian of China (23 collections), India (2), Kazakhstan (1), South Korea (1)
Total: 27 collections including 32 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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