Trilobita - Lichida - Lichidae
Full reference: A. T. Thomas and D. J. Holloway. 1988. Classification and phylogeny of the trilobite order Lichida. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, B 321:179-262
Parent taxon: Echinolichini according to J. R. Pollitt et al. 2005
See also Jell and Adrain 2002, Sepkoski 2002 and Thomas and Holloway 1988
Sister taxa: Conolichas, Echinolichas, Terataspis
Subtaxa: Otarozoum eichwaldi Otarozoum melmerbiensis Otarozoum pahleni Otarozoum peri
Type: Lichas (Homolichas) melmerbiensis
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Ordovician of Latvia (3 collections), the Netherlands (1), the Russian Federation (4), the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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