Trilobita - Asaphida - Dikelocephalidae
Parent taxon: Saukiidae according to H. J. Harrington et al. 1959
See also Jell and Adrain 2002 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Lophosaukia, Lophoholcus, Linguisaukia, Sinosaukia, Mictosaukia, Hamashania, Eosaukia, Pseudocalvinella, Saukiella, Lichengia, Stigmaspis, Diemanosaukia, Galerosaukia, Anderssonella, Tellerina, Caznaia, Prosaukia, Suluderella, Saukia
Subtaxa: Calvinella lira
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Ordovician of Canada (1: Yukon collection), the Russian Federation (1)
• Taoyuanian of China (1)
• Cambrian of Australia (1), Canada (7: Alberta, Newfoundland, Yukon), China (5), United States (15: Missouri, Nevada, New York, Texas, Wisconsin)
Total: 31 collections including 35 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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