Trilobita - Asaphida - Pterocephaliidae
Full reference: S. Peng. 1992. Upper Cambrian biostratigraphy and trilobite faunas of the Cili-Taoyuan area, northwestern Hunan, China. Memoir of the Association of Australasian Palaeontologists 13:1-119
Parent taxon: Pterocephaliidae according to P. A. Jell and J. M. Adrain 2003
Sister taxa: Anechocephalus, Bromella, Camaraspis, Dikelocephalites, Housia, Labiostrella, Metachangshania, Morosa, Parahousia, Paramaladioidella, Pauciella, Pedinocephalites, Pelicephalus, Plesiocilia, Prehousia, Proapatokephaloides, Prodikelocephalites, Protemnites, Pseudaphelaspis, Pterocephaliinae, Pulchricapitus, Sigmocheilus, Strigambitus, Tumicephalus, Uxunella, Yangweizhouia, Yingziaspis
Subtaxa: Cilia plectrifera
Type: Cilia plectrifera
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder