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Prosaukia pyrene

Trilobita - Asaphida - Dikelocephalidae

Taxonomy
Saukia pyrene was named by Walcott (1913).

It was recombined as Saukiella pyrene by Ulrich and Resser (1933); it was recombined as Prosaukia pyrene by Westrop et al. (2011).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1913Saukia pyrene Walcott p. 382 figs. pl. 67, figs. 18-20
1933Saukiella pyrene Ulrich and Resser p. 204 figs. pl. 34; pl. 35 f. 1-11
2011Prosaukia pyrene Westrop et al.

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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)
genusProsaukiaUlrich and Resser 1933
speciespyrene(Walcott 1913)

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.

Prosaukia pyrene Walcott 1913
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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: Hendy et al. 2009, Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Trempealeauan or 492.50000 to 485.40000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Trempealeauan492.5 - 485.4USA (Wyoming) Saukiella pyrene (9771)
Trempealeauan492.5 - 485.4USA (South Dakota) Saukiella pyrene (9754 9757 9763 9779)