Trilobita - Lichida - Odontopleuridae
Full reference: H. B. Whittington. 1956. Silicified Middle Ordovician trilobites: the Odontopleuridae. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 114(6):155-288
Parent taxon: Odontopleuridae according to H. B. Whittington 1956
Sister taxa: Acidaspidinae, Acidaspis, Anacaenaspis, Borkopleura, Ceratocephala, 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: Apianurus, Calipernurus
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore