Trilobita - Corynexochida - Styginidae
PaleoDB taxon number: 19684
Synonym: Goldius deKoninck 1841 (taxon 57392)
Parent taxon: Styginidae according to P.A. Jell and J.M. Adrain 2003
Sister taxa: Alceste, Ancyropyge, Arctipeltis, Australoscutellum, Bojoscutellum, Breviscutellum, Bumastinae, Cekovia, Cornuscutellum, Cybantyx, Decoroscutellum, Delgadoa, Dentaloscutellum, Dulanaspis, Ekwanoscutellum, Failleana, Goldillaenoides, Goldillaenus, Illaenoides, Kolihapeltis, Kosovopeltis, Lamproscutellum, Ligiscus, Liolalax, Meitanillaenus, Metascutellum, Microscutellum, Paracybantyx, Paralejurus, Paraphillipsinella, Perischoclonus, Phillipsinella, Planiscutellum, Platyscutellum, Poroscutellum, Promago, Protostygina, Pseudostygina, Radioscutellum, Raymondaspis, Rhaxeros, Scabriscutellum, Scutelluinae, Spiniscutellum, Stygininae, Tenuipeltis, Theamataspis, Thomastus, Thysanopeltella, Thysanopeltis, Waisfeldaspis, Weberopeltis
Subtaxa: Scutellum calvum, Scutellum decipulum, Scutellum droseron, Scutellum protrusifrons
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore