†family Aphelaspididae Palmer 1960 (trilobite)
PaleoDB taxon number: 133754
Parent taxon: Olenida according to J. M. Adrain 2011
Sister taxa: Andrarinidae, Asaphiscidae, Cedariidae, Dokimokephalidae, Eulomidae, Idahoiidae, Loganellidae, Olenidae, Parabolinoididae, Pterocephaliidae
Subtaxa: Amorphella, Aphelaspis, Apheloides, Dicanthopyge, Erixanium, Eugonocare, Kazakhius, Labiostria, Listroa, Litocephalus, Maduiya, Nganasanella, Olenaspella, Olentella, Taenicephalites, Taenora, Tamaranella
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore