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