Trilobita - Asaphida - Ceratopygidae
Alternative spelling: Charchaquia
Synonym: Aplotaspis Henderson 1976
Parent taxon: Ceratopygidae according to J.-S. Bao and J.B. Jago 2000
See also Jell and Adrain 2002, Sepkoski 2002 and Varlamov et al. 2006
Sister taxa: Ajacicrepida, Asiocephalus, Boschchekulia, Ceratopyge, Diceratopyge, Dichelepyge, Dipleuropyge, Haniwoides, Hedinaspis, Hunanopyge, Hysterolenus, Iwayaspidinae, Kaltykelina, Kaufmannella, Kogenium, Macropyge, Macropygella, Mansuyella, Nannopeltis, Neohedinaspis, Onychopyge, Proceratopyge, Pseudohysterolenus, Pseudoyuepingia, Tamdaspis, Tropidopyge, Yuepingioides
Subtaxa: Charchaqia glabrescens Charchaqia halli Charchaqia norini
Type: Charchaqia norini
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Taoyuanian of China (2 collections), the Russian Federation (7)
• Cambrian of Australia (5), China (19), the Russian Federation (1), United States (2: Nevada)
Total: 36 collections including 40 occurrences
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