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Lophosaukia

Trilobita - Asaphida - Dikelocephalidae

Taxonomy
Lophosaukia was named by Shergold (1971) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Fran-u Cm Trep Sepkoski's reference number: 16]. It is not extant. Its type is Lophosaukia torquata.

It was assigned to Asaphida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Saukiidae by Shergold (1971) and Jell and Adrain (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1971Lophosaukia Shergold
2002Lophosaukia Jell and Adrain p. 400
2002Lophosaukia Sepkoski

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

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. †Lophosaukia Shergold 1971
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Lophosaukia jiangnanensis Lu and Lin 1983
Lophosaukia orientalis Kobayashi 1933
Lophosaukia rectangulata Ergaliev 1980
Lophosaukia torquata Shergold 1971
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available