Trilobita - Lichida - Odontopleuridae

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

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

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore