Trilobita - Asaphida - Pterocephaliidae
Full reference: J. L. Yuan and G. Z. Yin. 1998. New polymerid trilobites from the Chefu Formation in early Late Cambrian of eastern Guizhou. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 37(2):137-172
Parent taxon: Pterocephaliidae according to Z. Zhou and Y. Zhen 2008
Sister taxa: Anechocephalus, Bromella, Camaraspis, Cilia, Dikelocephalites, Housia, Labiostrella, Metachangshania, Morosa, Parahousia, Paramaladioidella, Pauciella, Pedinocephalites, Pelicephalus, Plesiocilia, Prehousia, Proapatokephaloides, Prodikelocephalites, Protemnites, Pseudaphelaspis, Pterocephaliinae, Pulchricapitus, Sigmocheilus, Strigambitus, Tumicephalus, Uxunella, Yingziaspis
Subtaxa: Yangweizhouia carinata
Type: Yangweizhouia carinata
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder