Prosaukia serotina Longacre 1970 (trilobite)

Artiopoda - Asaphida - Dikelocephalidae

= Saukiella norwalkensis Ulrich & Resser Winston & Nicholls, 1967, p. 82, pi. 11, figs. 6-8, 12.

Alternative combinations: Saukia serotina, Saukiella serotina

Full reference: S. A. Longacre. 1970. Trilobites of the Upper Cambrian Ptychaspid Biomere Wilberns Formation, central Texas. The Paleontological Society Memoir 4:1-70

Belongs to Prosaukia according to J. M. Adrain and S. R. Westrop 2005

See also Keller et al. 1994 and Longacre 1970

Sister taxa: Prosaukia ambigua, Prosaukia anomala, Prosaukia diversa, Prosaukia hartii, Prosaukia misa, Prosaukia oldyelleri, Prosaukia pyrene, Prosaukia spinula

Type specimen: BEG 36560

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Cambrian of United States (12: Oklahoma, Texas collections)

Total: 12 collections each including a single occurrence

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