†family Rhyssometopidae Oepik 1967 (trilobite)
Artiopoda - Asaphida - Rhyssometopidae
Parent taxon: Asaphida according to C. J. Bentley et al. 2006
See also Adrain 2011, Paterson and Laurie 2004 and Whittington et al. 1997
Sister taxa: Aethodionide, Anomocarellidae, Anomocaridae, Anomocaroidea, Asaphina, Asaphoidea, Cyclopygoidea, Dikelocephaloidea, Eurekiidae, Hungaiidae, Ordosiidae, Parabumasttides, Pseudocyclopyge, Pterocephalidae, Remopleuridae, Trinucleoidea
Subtaxa: Plectrifer Qiandongaspis Rhyssometopus Rhyssometropus Tasmana
Type: Rhyssometopus
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Cambrian of Antarctica (1 collection), Australia (5), China (23), Kazakhstan (7), New Zealand (1)
Total: 37 collections including 39 occurrences