Trilobita - Asaphida - Ceratopygidae
Synonym: Hedinia Troedsson 1937 [replaced name]
Parent taxon: Ceratopygidae according to J.-S. Bao and J.B. Jago 2000
See also Jell and Adrain 2002, Lu and Lin 1989 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Ajacicrepida, Asiocephalus, Boschchekulia, Ceratopyge, Charchaqia, Diceratopyge, Dichelepyge, Dipleuropyge, Haniwoides, Hunanopyge, Hysterolenus, Iwayaspidinae, Kaltykelina, Kaufmannella, Kogenium, Macropyge, Macropygella, Mansuyella, Nannopeltis, Neohedinaspis, Onychopyge, Proceratopyge, Pseudohysterolenus, Pseudoyuepingia, Tamdaspis, Tropidopyge, Yuepingioides
Subtaxa: Hedinaspis regalis Hedinaspis shengi Hedinaspis uniformis
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Taoyuanian of China (7 collections)
• Cambrian of Australia (1), China (6), United States (2: Nevada)
Total: 16 collections including 17 occurrences
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