Saukiidae

Saukiidae Temporal range: Cambrian–Ordovician PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Saukiella pepinensis from Wisconsin
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	† Artiopoda
Class:	† Trilobita
Order:	† Asaphida
Superfamily:	† Dikelocephaloidea
Family:	† Saukiidae Ulrich and Resser 1930
Genera
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Saukiidae is a family of trilobites 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

1. "The Paleobiology Database". Archived from the original on 2022-03-25. Retrieved 2024-11-18.