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Prosaukia hartii

Trilobita - Asaphida - Dikelocephalidae

Taxonomy
Conocephalites hartii was named by Walcott (1879) [Conocephalites Hartii]. Its type specimen is USNM 58571, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Dicellocephalus hartii by Walcott (1886); it was recombined as Dicellocephalus hartti by Walcott (1912); it was recombined as Dikelocephalus hartii by Walcott (1914); it was recombined as Briscoia hartti by Winston and Nicholls (1967); it was recombined as Prosaukia hartti by Ludvigsen and Westrop (1983); it was misspelled as Dikelocephalus hartti by Bassler (1915); it was recombined as Prosaukia hartii by Srivastava and Hughes (2023).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1879Conocephalites hartii Walcott p. 130
1886Dicellocephalus hartii Walcott p. 21
1912Dicellocephalus hartti Walcott p. 273 figs. pl. 44, figs. 1-7a
1914Dikelocephalus hartii Walcott p. 368 figs. pl. 63, figs. 1–7, 7a
1915Dikelocephalus hartti Bassler p. 437
1933Prosaukia curvicostata Ulrich and Resser p. 145 figs. pl. 25, figs. 1-7
1933Prosaukia demissa Ulrich and Resser p. 147 figs. pI. 25, figs. 17, 18
1933Prosaukia subrecta Ulrich and Resser p. 148 figs. pI. 26, figs. 2-8
1933Prosaukia alternata Ulrich and Resser p. 149 figs. pI. 25, figs. 8-12
1933Prosaukia subconica Ulrich and Resser p. 150 figs. pl. 25, fig. 19
1933Prosaukia transversa Ulrich and Resser p. 150 figs. pl. 26 f. 13-16
1933Prosaukia subaequalis Ulrich and Resser p. 151 figs. pl. 26,. figs. 9-12
1942Saukia eboracensis Resser p. 49
1967Briscoia hartti Winston and Nicholls p. 73 figs. pl. 10 f. 9
1983Prosaukia hartti Ludvigsen and Westrop pp. 30 - 33 figs. PI. 10, PI. II, PI. 12, figs. 1-7, Text-fig. 6
2023Prosaukia hartii Srivastava and Hughes pp. Table 1

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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
specieshartii()

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 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]
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: base of the Trempealeauan to the top of the Sunwaptan or 492.50000 to 487.50000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sunwaptan493.5 - 487.5USA (Texas) Briscoia hartti (233748 233749)
Trempealeauan492.5 - 485.4USA (New York) Dicellocephalus hartti (74540 74541)