†family Rhyssometopidae Oepik 1967 (trilobite)
Trilobita - Asaphida - Rhyssometopidae
Parent taxon: Asaphida according to H. B. Whittington et al. 1997
See also Adrain 2011 and Paterson and Laurie 2004
Sister taxa: Aethodionide, Anomocarellidae, Anomocaridae, Anomocaroidea, Asaphina, Asaphoidea, Cyclopygoidea, Dikelocephaloidea, Eurekiidae, Hungaiidae, Ordosiidae, Parabumasttides, Pseudocyclopyge, Remopleuridae, Trinucleoidea
Subtaxa: Plectrifer Qiandongaspis Rhyssometopus Rhyssometropus Tasmana
Type: Rhyssometropus
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Cambrian of Australia (5 collections), China (23), Kazakhstan (7)
Total: 35 collections including 36 occurrences