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Prosaukia

Artiopoda - Asaphida - Dikelocephalidae

Taxonomy

Prosaukia was named by Ulrich and Resser (1933) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Fran-u Cm Trep-u Sepkoski's reference number: 16,379,697]. It is not extant. Its type is Prosaukia ambigua.

It was assigned to Saukiidae by Jell and Adrain (2002); and to Asaphida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species

P. ambigua (type species), P. anomala, P. diversa, P. hartii (syn. P. demissa, P. subaequalis, P. eboracensis, P. alternata, P. subrecta, P. transversa, P. subconica, P. curvicostata), P. misa, P. oldyelleri, P. pyrene (syn. Saukiella norwalkensis), P. serotina, P. spinula

Species lacking formal opinion data

P. diversa, P. diversa, P. irrasa, P. paiensis

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1933	Prosaukia Ulrich and Resser p. 167 figs. pl. 31, fig. 5
2002	Prosaukia Jell and Adrain p. 431
2002	Prosaukia Sepkoski

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Ecdysozoa	Aguinaldo et al. 1997
—	Panarthropoda
phylum	Arthropoda	Gravenhorst 1843

Rank	Name	Author
class	Artiopoda	Hou and Bergstrom
class	Trilobita	Walch 1771
subclass	Libristoma
order	Asaphida	Salter 1864
superfamily	Dikelocephaloidea	(Miller 1889)
family	Dikelocephalidae	(Miller 1889)
genus	Prosaukia	Ulrich and Resser 1933

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Prosaukia Ulrich and Resser 1933

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†Prosaukia ambigua Ulrich and Resser 1933

†Prosaukia anomala Ulrich and Resser 1933

†Prosaukia diversa Chien 1974

†Prosaukia hartii Walcott 1879

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Invalid names: Prosaukia alternata Ulrich and Resser 1933 [synonym], Prosaukia curvicostata Ulrich and Resser 1933 [synonym], Prosaukia demissa Ulrich and Resser 1933 [synonym], Prosaukia eboracensis Resser 1942 [synonym], Prosaukia subaequalis Ulrich and Resser 1933 [synonym], Prosaukia subconica Ulrich and Resser 1933 [synonym], Prosaukia subrecta Ulrich and Resser 1933 [synonym], Prosaukia transversa Ulrich and Resser 1933 [synonym]

†Prosaukia misa Owen 1852

†Prosaukia oldyelleri Adrain and Westrop 2004

†Prosaukia pyrene Walcott 1913

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Invalid names: Saukiella norwalkensis Ulrich and Resser 1933 [synonym]

†Prosaukia serotina Longacre 1970

†Prosaukia spinula Taylor and Halley 1974

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

low Mg calcitec

Composition 2:

chitinc

Ontogeny:

molting, addition of partsc

Environment:

marinec

Locomotion:

fast-movingo

Life habit:

low-level epifaunalo

Diet:

carnivorec

Vision:

well-developedf

Created:

2009-12-13 22:54:18

Modified:

2009-12-14 06:54:18

Source: f = family, o = order, c = class

References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: base of the Batyrbaian to the top of the Sunwaptan or 491.50000 to 488.90000 Ma

Collections (66 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Cambrian	538.8 - 486.85	USA (New York)	P. sp. (254)
Franconian	497.0 - 486.85	USA (Wisconsin)	P. anomala (233639)
Franconian	497.0 - 486.85	USA (Minnesota)	P. ambigua (62113) P. ambigua, P. misa (62117 62118) P. misa (62114 62115 62116 62119 62120 62121 62122 62123)
Franconian	497.0 - 486.85	USA (South Dakota)	P. misa (9749) P. sp. (9734)
Merioneth	497.0 - 486.85	USA (Vermont)	P. irrasa (8976)
Taoyuanian - Niuchehean	495.2 - 486.85	China (Anhui)	P. diversa (127532)
Iverian	494.2 - 491.0	Australia (Queensland)	P. sp. (228034 228035 228037) P. sp. A (198293 198294 198295 198298) P. sp.A (198297)
Sunwaptan	493.5 - 488.9	USA (Nevada)	P. oldyelleri (235995)
Sunwaptan	493.5 - 488.9	USA (Oklahoma)	Saukiella serotina (240390) Saukiella serotina, Briscoia hartti (240444)
Sunwaptan	493.5 - 488.9	Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador)	P. irrasa (81272)
Sunwaptan	493.5 - 488.9	USA (Texas)	Briscoia hartti (233748 233749)
Sunwaptan	493.5 - 488.9	USA (New York)	P. spinula (257 85185 85186 85187)
Sunwaptan	493.5 - 488.9	Canada (Alberta)	P. misa (54091 54092) P. sp. (54094)
Batyrbaian	491.5 - 486.85	Kazakhstan	P. paiensis (118895 118898 118901 118904)
Payntonian	491.0 - 488.3	Australia (Northern Territory)	P. misa (77439)
Niuchehean	491.0 - 486.85	China (Henan)	P. sp. (129217 129218 129219)
Trempealeauan	490.2 - 486.85	USA (Utah)	P. sp. (259)
Trempealeauan	490.2 - 486.85	Canada (Yukon)	P. sp. (55313)
Trempealeauan	490.2 - 486.85	USA (South Dakota)	P. species unidentified No. 1 (9756) Saukiella pyrene (9754 9757 9763 9779)
Trempealeauan	490.2 - 486.85	USA (Wyoming)	Saukiella pyrene (9771)
Trempealeauan	490.2 - 486.85	USA (New York)	Dicellocephalus hartti (74540 74541)
Trempealeauan	490.2 - 486.85	USA (Texas)	Saukiella norwalkensis (233745 233747) Saukiella serotina (219648 219651 219652 219653 219654 219655 219656 219657)