Trilobita - Lichida - Damesellidae
Synonym: Dorypygella Walcott 1905
Parent taxon: Damesellidae according to S. Peng et al. 2004
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Adelogonus, Bergeronites, Blackwelderia, Blackwelderioides, Cyrtoprora, Damesella, Damesops, Dipentaspis, Dipyrgotes, Dipyrogotes, Guancenshania, Hercantyx, Histiomona, Karslanus, Kiyakius, Liuheaspis, Meringaspis, Metashantungia, Neodrepanura, Palaeadotes, Parablackwelderia, Paradamesella, Pingquania, Protaitzehoia, Shantungia, Stephanocare, Taihangshaniashania, Taitzehoia
Subtaxa: Dorypygella hsihsienensis Dorypygella jiangsuensis Teinistion lansi Teinistion liaoningensis Teinistion posterocostum Teinistion tangshihlingensis Teinistion typicalis Teinistion yangi
Type: Teinistion lansi
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Cambrian of China (36 collections), South Korea (11)
Total: 47 collections including 50 occurrences
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