Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Lisaniidae
Parent taxon: Ptychopariida according to H. B. Whittington et al. 1997
See also Adrain 2011 and Hong et al. 2003
Sister taxa: Acrocephalitidae, Alokistocaridae, Amphorella, Atratebiinae, Bifodina, Bolaspididae, Bulnibarbi, Bvalbardites, Catillicephalidae, Chondrastaulina, Chuangiformis, Cliffiidae, Conococheaquea, Conocoryphidae, Conokephalinidae, Crepicephalidae, Diceratocephalidae, Elviniidae, Harpina, Indiligens, Kazelina, Kingstoniidae, Kirengelia, Lonchocephalidae, Lorenzellidae, Marjumiidae, Meniscocorphye, Meniscocoryphe, Menomoniidae, Neoanomocerella, Norwoodiidae, Olenina, Papyriaspididae, Phylacteridae, Plethopeltidae, Proasaphiscidae, Propeltura, Ptychopariidae, Ptychopariina, Ptychoparoides, Raymondinidae, Shumardiidae, Solenopleuracea, Solenopleuridae, Tricrepicephalidae, Xianquianaspis, Yuehsieszella
Subtaxa: Dazhuia Eoshengia Extrania Himalisania Lisaniella Megalisania Metalisania Paralisaniella Platylisania Quandraspis Redlichaspis Shengia Xichuania
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Cambrian of China (51 collections), France (1), India (4), Kazakhstan (15), North Korea (1)
Total: 72 collections including 104 occurrences