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