†Teinistion Monke 1905 (trilobite)
Trilobita - Lichida - Damesellidae
Synonym: Dorypygella Walcott 1905
Parent taxon: Damesellidae according to S. Peng et al. 2004
Sister taxa: Ariaspis, Bergeronites, Blackwelderia, Blackwelderioides, Damesella, Damesops, Dipentaspis, Drepanura, Guancenshania, Haibowania, Meringaspis, Metashantungia, Palaeadotes, Parablackwelderia, Paradamesella, Protaitzehoia, Shantungia, Stephanocare, Taihangshaniashania, Taitzehoia
Subtaxa: Dorypygella hsihsienensis, Dorypygella jiangsuensis, Teinistion lansi, Teinistion liaoningensis, Teinistion posterocostum, Teinistion tangshihlingensis, Teinistion typicalis, Teinistion yangi
Type: Teinistion lansi
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore