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Saukia enshiensis

Trilobita - Asaphida - Dikelocephalidae

Taxonomy
Saukia enshiensis was named by Chu (1974) [in Lu, Chang et al.]. It is not extant.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1974Saukia enshiensis Chu

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderAsaphidaSalter 1864
superfamilyDikelocephaloidea(Miller 1889)
familyDikelocephalidae(Miller 1889)
genusSaukiaWalcott 1914
speciesenshiensisChu 1974

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.

Saukia enshiensis Chu 1974
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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 00:54:18
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Taoyuanian or 498.50000 to 485.40000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Taoyuanian498.5 - 485.4China (Hunan) Saukia enshiensis (107326)