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, Protaspidae, Psammolepis, Psammosteiformes, Pteraspidi, Pteraspidiformes, Rimasventeraspis, Strosipherus, Tesseraspidida, Tesseraspidiformes, Tolypelepidida, Tolypelepidiformes, Toombsaspis, Traquairaspidida, Traquairaspidiformes, Yoglinia, Irregulariaspis, Schizosteus, Dyreaspis, Asketaspis, Alainaspis, Poriferaspis, Pionaspis, Allocryptaspis, Steinaspis, Archodus, Pilolepsis, Athenaegis, Clydonaspis, Corveolepis, Kiangsuaspis, Palaeodus, Anatolepsis, Pycnaspis, Grumantaspis, Seretaspis, Obliaspis, Strophisterus, Ennosviaspis, Karelosteus, Homaspidella, Listraspis, Gunaspis
Subtaxa: none
Ecology:
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Cardipeltida in the database