Synonyms: Acrosquama Qian and Xiao 1984, Acuminachites Qian and Yin 1984, Dactyosachites He 1981, Microsachites He 1981
Full reference: C. Poulsen. 1967. Fossils from the Lower Cambrian of Bornholm. Danske Videnskabernes Selskab, Matematisk-Fysiske Meddelelser 36(2):1-48
Parent taxon: Halkieriinae according to P. Y. Parkhaev and Y. Demidenko 2010
See also Conway Morris and Caron 2007, Conway Morris and Chapman 1997, Kouchinsky et al. 2017, Poulsen 1967 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Eohalobia, Ocruranus, Sinosachites
Subtaxa: Halkieria amorphe Halkieria curvativa Halkieria denlanatiformis Halkieria evangelista Halkieria mira Halkieria obliqua Halkieria sacciformis Halkieria sthenobasis Halkieria stonei Halkieria trianguliformis Halkieria undulatus Halkieria wangi
Type: Halkieria obliqua
Ecology: epifaunal grazer
Distribution:
• Cambrian of Australia (4 collections), Canada (11: Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia), China (59), Greenland (2), Kazakhstan (9), Kyrgyzstan (2), Mongolia (2), the Russian Federation (27), Turkey (1), United States (6: Massachusetts, New York)
• Placentian of United States (1: Massachusetts)
Total: 124 collections including 151 occurrences
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