Trilobita - Lichida - Odontopleuridae

Synonyms: Onchaspis Raymond 1925, Onychaspis Raymond 1925

Parent taxon: Odontopleuridae according to P. A. Jell and J. M. Adrain 2003

Sister taxa: Acidaspidinae, Acidaspis, Anacaenaspis, Apianurinae, Borkopleura, Ceratocephalinae, Ceratonurus, Chlustinia, Dicranurus, Dudleyaspis, Eoleonaspis, Exallaspis, Gaotania, Hispaniaspis, Isoprusia, Ivanopleura, Koneprusia, Koneprusiinae, Laethoprusia, Leonaspis, Meadowtownella, Miraspis, Odontopleurinae, Orphanaspis, Primaspis, Proceratocephala, Selenopeltis, Selenopeltoides, Stelckaspis, Taemasaspis, Uriarra, Whittingtonia

Subtaxa: Ceratocephala (Ceratocephalina), Ceratocephala exigua, Ceratocephala goniata, Ceratocephala graffhami, Ceratocephala laciniata, Ceratocephala rarispina, Ceratocephala triacantheis

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Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore