†family Pikaidae Walcott 1911
Full reference: C. D. Walcott. 1911. Cambrian Geology and Paleontology II: No.5--Middle Cambrian Annelids. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 57(5):109-144
Parent taxon: Chordata according to S. C. Morris 1979
See also Mussini et al. 2024 and Walcott 1911
Sister taxa: Banffozoa, Cephalochordata, Metaspriggina, Olfactores, Pikaia, Tunicata, Undichna, Vertebrata, Vetulicolida, Yunnanozoon, Shenzianyuloma
Subtaxa: none
Type: Pikaia
Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Pikaidae in the database