Trilobita - Corynexochida - Oryctocephalidae

Full reference: Q. Z. Zhang and Z. M. Zhou. 1985. Early Cambrian trilobite fauna of Kunshan, Jiangsu. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 24(2):259-266

Parent taxon: Oryctocephalidae according to P. A. Jell and J. M. Adrain 2002

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Arthricocephalus, Balangia, Barklyella, Changaspis, Cheiruroides, Cheiruroididae, Curvoryctocephalus, Duyunaspis, Euarthricocephalus, Feilongshania, Hunanocephalus, Lancastria, Metabalangia, Metarthricocephalus, Opsiosoryctocephalus, Oryctocara, Oryctocare, Oryctocarinae, Oryctocephalina, Oryctocephalinae, Oryctocephaloides, Oryctocephalops, Paleooryctocephalus, Protoryctocephalus, Sandoveria, Shabaella, Shergoldiella, Thoracocare, Tonkinellinae

Subtaxa: Kunshanaspis suzhouensis

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Type: Kunshanaspis suzhouensis

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Kunshan, Arthricocephalus-Changaspis assemblage (Cambrian of China)

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