Trilobita - Asaphida - Ceratopygidae
Parent taxon: Proceratopyge according to Lu and Lin 1980
Sister taxa: Proceratopyge (Lopnorites), Proceratopyge canadensis, Proceratopyge conifrons, Proceratopyge distensa, Proceratopyge fenghwangensis, Proceratopyge fuyangensis, Proceratopyge incondita, Proceratopyge longa, Proceratopyge mirabilis, Proceratopyge nathorsti, Proceratopyge promisca, Proceratopyge protracta, Proceratopyge rectispinata, Proceratopyge tenuita, Proceratopyge truncatus, Proceratopyge waergangensis, Proceratopyge zhejiangensis
Subtaxa: Proceratopyge (Sinoproceratopyge) changshanensis Proceratopyge (Sinoproceratopyge) constrictus Proceratopyge (Sinoproceratopyge) distincta Proceratopyge (Sinoproceratopyge) kiangshanensis Proceratopyge (Sinoproceratopyge) orthogonialis Proceratopyge (Sinoproceratopyge) sinuata
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Cambrian of China (16 collections), Kazakhstan (13)
• Taoyuanian of China (17)
Total: 46 collections including 50 occurrences