Trilobita - Asaphida - Dikelocephalidae
Parent taxon: Saukiidae according to P. A. Jell and J. M. Adrain 2002
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Diemanosaukia, Galerosaukia, Linguisaukia, Eosaukia, Saukia, Mictosaukia, Lophosaukia, Suluderella, Sinosaukia, Caznaia, Lophoholcus, Anderssonella, Stigmaspis, Tellerina, Calvinella, Saukiella, Lichengia, Hamashania, Pseudocalvinella
Subtaxa: Prosaukia ambigua Prosaukia anomala Prosaukia diversa Prosaukia hartii Prosaukia misa Prosaukia oldyelleri Prosaukia pyrene Prosaukia serotina Prosaukia spinula
Type: Prosaukia ambigua
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Cambrian of Australia (9 collections), Canada (5: Alberta, Newfoundland and Labrador, Yukon), China (3), Kazakhstan (4), United States (42: Minnesota, Nevada, New York, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Wisconsin, Wyoming)
• Taoyuanian of China (1)
Total: 64 collections including 66 occurrences
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