Saukiidae

Extinct family of trilobites

Saukiidae
Temporal range: Cambrian–Ordovician
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Saukiella pepinensis from Wisconsin
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Trilobita
Order: Asaphida
Superfamily: Dikelokephaloidea
Family: Saukiidae
Ulrich and Resser 1930
Genera
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Saukiidae is a family of trilobites of the Asaphida order.

These fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeders lived in the Cambrian and Ordovician periods, from 494.0 to 478.6 Ma.[1]

Genera

  • Anderssonella Kobayashi 1936
  • Calvinella Walcott 1914
  • Diemanosaukia Jago and Corbett 1990
  • Linguisaukia Peng 1984
  • Lophosaukia Shergold 1971
  • Mictosaukia Shergold 1975
  • Prosaukia Ulrich and Resser 1933
  • Pseudocalvinella Qiu 1984
  • Saukia Walcott 1914
  • Saukiella Ulrich and Resser 1933
  • Stigmaspis Nelson 1951
  • Tellerina Ulrich and Resser 1933

References

  1. ^ The Paleobiology Database
Taxon identifiers
Saukiidae


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