Trilobita - Asaphida - Dikelocephalidae
Parent taxon: Saukiidae according to P. A. Jell and J. M. Adrain 2002
See also Jago and Corbett 1990, Robison and Pantoja-Alor 1968 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Lophosaukia, Pseudocalvinella, Tellerina, Calvinella, Eosaukia, Lophoholcus, Mictosaukia, Saukiella, Prosaukia, Anderssonella, Lichengia, Caznaia, Diemanosaukia, Sinosaukia, Galerosaukia, Suluderella, Hamashania, Stigmaspis, Linguisaukia
Subtaxa: Saukia crassa Saukia enshiensis Saukia globosa Saukia jingxianensis Saukia reflexa
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Tremadoc of Mexico (3 collections)
• Skullrockian of United States (1: Texas)
• Cambrian of Australia (2), Canada (2: Alberta), China (4), Iran (1), United States (7: Montana, Nevada, Texas, Utah, Wisconsin)
• Taoyuanian of China (5)
Total: 25 collections including 27 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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