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, Dyreaspis, Alainaspis, Athenaegis, Archodus, Kiangsuaspis, Schizosteus, Corveolepis, Grumantaspis, Allocryptaspis, Irregulariaspis, Karelosteus, Strophisterus, Yoglinia, Obliaspis, Listraspis, Ennosviaspis, Clydonaspis, Pionaspis, Pilolepsis, Pycnaspis, Anatolepsis, Gunaspis, Steinaspis, Homaspidella, Asketaspis, Seretaspis, Poriferaspis
Subtaxa: none
Ecology:
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Cardipeltida in the database