Trilobita - Olenida - Pterocephaliidae

Full reference: Y. Lu and Z. Zhu. 1980. Cambrian trilobites from Chuxian-Quanjiao region, Anhui. Memoirs of Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology 16:1-38

Parent taxon: Pterocephaliidae according to Y. Lu and Z. Zhu 1980

Sister taxa: Anechocephalus, Aphelaspidinae, Beigongia, Bromella, Cilia, Dikelocephalites, Flabellocephalus, Housia, Housiinae, Jubileia, Labiostrella, Lunacephalus, Luotuolingia, Maladioides, Metachangshania, Morosa, Pauciella, Pedinaspis, Pedinocephalites, Pelicephalus, Plesiocilia, Proapatokephaloides, Prodikelocephalites, Protemnites, Pseudaphelaspis, Pterocephaliinae, Pulchricapitus, Stenambon, Tumicephalus, Uxunella, Yangweizhouia, Yingziaspis, Camaraspis

Subtaxa: Paramaladioidella subconica

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Type: Paramaladioidella subconica

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Chuxian-Quanjiao, middle Langyashan Formation (Cambrian of China)

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