Trilobita - Asaphida - Ceratopygidae
Parent taxon: Ceratopygidae according to P. A. Jell and J. M. Adrain 2002
See also Fortey 1974 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Ajacicrepida, Asiocephalus, Boschchekulia, Ceratopyge, Charchaqia, Diceratopyge, Dichelepyge, Dipleuropyge, Haniwoides, Hedinaspis, Hunanopyge, Hysterolenus, Iwayaspidinae, Kaltykelina, Kaufmannella, Kogenium, Macropyge, Macropygella, Mansuyella, Nannopeltis, Neohedinaspis, Onychopyge, Proceratopyge, Pseudohysterolenus, Pseudoyuepingia, Tamdaspis, Yuepingioides
Subtaxa: Tropidopyge alveus Tropidopyge hunanensis Tropidopyge laevis
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Ordovician of Norway (1 collection)
• Tremadoc of Colombia (1)
• Ibexian of Norway (1)
• Taoyuanian of China (2)
• Cambrian of Kazakhstan (7)
Total: 12 collections each including a single occurrence
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