Pteraspidomorpha - Cardipeltida
Parent taxon: Heterostraci according to J. S. Nelson et al. 2016
See also Long 2011
Sister taxa: Amphiaspidiformes, Aporemaspis, Ariaspididae, Aserotaspis, Cardipeltidae, Cardipeltiformes, Ceraspidae, Corvaspidida, Corvaspidiformes, Cyathaspida, Cyathaspidiformes, Drepanaspidae, Guerichosteidae, Lepidaspidida, Lepidaspidiformes, Munchoaspis, Olbiaspidida, Palaeaspidi, Psammolepis, Psammosteiformes, Pteraspidi, Pteraspidiformes, Rimasventeraspis, Strosipherus, Tesseraspidida, Tesseraspidiformes, Tolypelepidida, Tolypelepidiformes, Toombsaspis, Traquairaspidida, Traquairaspidiformes, Pionaspis, Steinaspis, Grumantaspis, Dyreaspis, Allocryptaspis, Homaspidella, Pilolepsis, Karelosteus, Archodus, Seretaspis, Yoglinia, Schizosteus, Irregulariaspis, Corveolepis, Obliaspis, Kiangsuaspis, Clydonaspis, Strophisterus, Gunaspis, Poriferaspis, Pycnaspis, Listraspis, Ennosviaspis, Alainaspis, Anatolepsis, Asketaspis, Athenaegis
Subtaxa: none
Ecology:
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Cardipeltida in the database