†family Tsinaniidae Kobayashi 1933 (trilobite)
Trilobita - Corynexochida - Tsinaniidae
Parent taxon: Illaenina according to S. J. Wernette et al. 2020
See also Adrain 2011, Paterson and Laurie 2004 and Whittington et al. 1997
Sister taxon: Panderiidae
Subtaxa: Blandiaspis Dictyella Esseigania Leiaspis Lonchopygella Shergoldia Tsinania Zhujia
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Ordovician of Australia (1 collection)
• Tremadoc of Antarctica (1)
• Taoyuanian of China (4)
• Cambrian of Australia (3), China (5), Iran (1), South Korea (6)
Total: 21 collections including 24 occurrences