Saukiidae
| Saukiidae Temporal range: Cambrian–Ordovician | |
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| Fossils of Saukiella pepinensis from Wisconsin, on display at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée in Paris | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Trilobita |
| Order: | Asaphida |
| Family: | Saukiidae Ulrich and Resser 1930 |
Saukiidae is a family of trilobite of the Asaphida order.
These fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeders lived in the Cambrian and Ordovician periods, from 494.0 to 478.6 Ma.[1]
Genera
- Anderssonella Kobayashi 1936
- Calvinella Walcott 1914
- Diemanosaukia Jago and Corbett 1990
- Linguisaukia Peng 1984
- Lophosaukia Shergold 1971
- Mictosaukia Shergold 1975
- Prosaukia Ulrich and Resser 1933
- Pseudocalvinella Qiu 1984
- Saukia Walcott 1914
- Saukiella Ulrich and Resser 1933
- Stigmaspis Nelson 1951
- Tellerina Ulrich and Resser 1933
References
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