Trilobita - Asaphida - Dikelocephalidae
Parent taxon: Saukiidae according to P. A. Jell and J. M. Adrain 2002
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Mictosaukia, Lophosaukia, Suluderella, Caznaia, Sinosaukia, Lophoholcus, Calvinella, Eosaukia, Hamashania, Galerosaukia, Tellerina, Saukiella, Anderssonella, Stigmaspis, Saukia, Lichengia, Diemanosaukia, Pseudocalvinella, Linguisaukia
Subtaxa: Prosaukia ambigua Prosaukia anomala Prosaukia diversa Prosaukia hartii Prosaukia misa 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 (5), Kazakhstan (4), United States (41: Minnesota, New York, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Wisconsin, Wyoming)
Total: 64 collections including 66 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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