Artiopoda - Asaphida - Anomocaridae
Parent taxon: Asaphida according to H. B. Whittington et al. 1997
See also Adrain 2011, Bruton and Harper 2000 and Wolfart 1994
Sister taxa: Aethodionide, Anomocarellidae, Anomocaroidea, Asaphina, Asaphoidea, Cyclopygoidea, Dikelocephaloidea, Eurekiidae, Hungaiidae, Ordosiidae, Parabumasttides, Pseudocyclopyge, Pterocephalidae, Remopleuridae, Rhyssometopidae, Trinucleoidea
Subtaxa: Abharella Afghanocare Amginia Anomocare Anomocarina Anomocarioides Anomocariopsis Callaspis Chondranomocare Dilatalimbus Elandaspis Eocatuniella Forchhammeria Formosocephalus Fuquania Glyphanellus Glyphaspellus Guizhouanomocare Hanivella Harataspis Hunanaspis Igarkiella Iohomia Irinia Jimanomocare Juraspis Kokuria Kolbinella Kotuia Lomsucaspis Longxumenia Macrotoxus Metanomocare Nadiyella Paibianomocare Palella Paracoosia Parakotuia Paranomocare Pjatkovaspellus Qinlingialingia Rectifrontinella Russiana Sachaspis Schoriecare Schoriella Sivovella Usovinurus Wutingshania Yongwolia
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Taoyuanian of the Russian Federation (3 collections)
• Cambrian of Antarctica (1), Australia (3), China (24), France (1), Greenland (1), India (1), Kazakhstan (1), Norway (1), the Russian Federation (14), United States (2: Alaska)
• Solvan of the Russian Federation (1)
Total: 53 collections including 69 occurrences