Trilobita - Asaphida - Dikelocephalidae
Full reference: J. H. Shergold. 1971. Late Upper Cambrian trilobites from the Gola Beds, western Queensland. Commonwealth of Australia, Department of National Development, Bureau of Mineral Resources, Geology, and Geophysics Bullein 112:1-87
Parent taxon: Saukiidae according to J. H. Shergold 1971
See also Jell and Adrain 2002 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Diemanosaukia, Galerosaukia, Linguisaukia, Eosaukia, Saukia, Mictosaukia, Suluderella, Sinosaukia, Caznaia, Lophoholcus, Anderssonella, Stigmaspis, Tellerina, Prosaukia, Calvinella, Saukiella, Lichengia, Hamashania, Pseudocalvinella
Subtaxa: Lophosaukia jiangnanensis Lophosaukia orientalis Lophosaukia rectangulata Lophosaukia torquata
Type: Lophosaukia torquata
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Cambrian of Australia (8 collections), China (3), Kazakhstan (6), South Korea (4)
• Taoyuanian of China (2)
Total: 23 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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