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Pseudosaukia

Artiopoda - Ptychopariida - Elviniidae

Taxonomy
Pseudosaukia was named by Rasetti (1944) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Trep]. It is not extant. Its type is Dikelocephalus sesostris.

It was assigned to Trilobita by Sepkoski (2002); and to Elviniidae by Jell and Adrain (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1944Pseudosaukia Rasetti
2002Pseudosaukia Jell and Adrain p. 435
2002Pseudosaukia Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
RankNameAuthor
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderPtychopariidaSwinnerton 1915
familyElviniidaeKobayashi 1936
genusPseudosaukia

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. †Pseudosaukia Rasetti 1944
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Pseudosaukia sesostris Billings 1865
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 10 to < 100f
Adult width: 10 to < 100f
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-11 14:51:19
Modified: 2009-12-19 06:03:31
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Trempealeauan to the top of the Sunwaptan or 490.20000 to 488.90000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sunwaptan493.5 - 488.9Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) P. sesostris (81277)
Trempealeauan490.2 - 486.85Canada (Quebec) P. brevifrons (224135)