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Saukiella

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Extinct genus of trilobites

Saukiella
Temporal range: Cambrian–Ordovician PreꞒ O S D C P T J K Pg N
S. pepinensis from Wisconsin
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Trilobita
Order: Asaphida
Family: Saukiidae
Genus: Saukiella
Ulrich & Resser, 1933
Species
  • S. baikadamica
  • S. diversa

Saukiella is a genus of trilobites of the Saukiidae family.

These fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeders lived in the Cambrian and Ordovician periods, from 498.5 to 478.6 Ma.

Species

  • Saukiella baikadamica Ergaliev 1980
  • Saukiella diversa Qiu 1984
  • Saukiella pepinensis (Owen, 1852) (syn. Dikelocephalus pepinensis)

Distribution

Fossils of species within this genus have been found in the Ordovician sediments of Russia and in the Cambrian sediments of Canada, China, Kazakhstan and United States.

References

  1. ^ The Paleobiology Database
  2. Sepkoski, Jack
Taxon identifiers
Saukiella


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