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