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Dicranopeltis

Trilobita - Lichida - Lichidae

Taxonomy

Dicranopeltis was named by Hawle and Corda (1847). Its type is Lichas scabra.

It was assigned to Lichadidae by Warburg (1925); to Lichinae by Owen (1981) and Thomas and Holloway (1988); to Lichida by Sepkoski (2002); to Lichidae by Jell and Adrain (2002); and to Dicranopeltini by Pollitt et al. (2005).

Species

D. arkansana, D. decipiens, D. eopolytoma, D. eretes, D. imperfecta, D. polytoma, D. polytomus (syn. Lichas elegans), D. scabra, D. tricornis, Nonix sauroter

Species lacking formal opinion data

D. reporyjensis

Synonyms

Nonix was named by Lane (1984) [Sepkoski's age data: S Wenl Sepkoski's reference number: 774]. It is not extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Dicranopeltis by Jell and Adrain (2002).

It was assigned to Lichinae by Thomas and Holloway (1988); and to Lichida by Sepkoski (2002).
Tsunyilichas was named by Zhang (1974) [Sepkoski's age data: O Ashg-u Sepkoski's reference number: 690].

It was misspelled as Tsunylichas by Sepkoski (2002); it was synonymized subjectively with Dicranopeltis by Jell and Adrain (2002).

It was assigned to Lichida by Sepkoski (2002).
Dicranopeltoides was named by Phleger (1936). It is not extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Dicranopeltis by Thomas and Holloway (1988) and Jell and Adrain (2002).
Raymondarges was named by Phleger (1937). It is not extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Dicranopeltis by Tripp (1957), Thomas and Holloway (1988) and Jell and Adrain (2002).
Trachylichas was named by Gurich (1901).

It was synonymized objectively with Dicranopeltis by Jell and Adrain (2002).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1847	Dicranopeltis Hawle and Corda
1901	Trachylichas Gurich
1925	Dicranopeltis Warburg
1936	Dicranopeltoides Phleger
1937	Raymondarges Phleger
1974	Tsunyilichas Zhang
1981	Dicranopeltis Owen
1984	Nonix Lane
1988	Dicranopeltis Thomas and Holloway p. 190
1988	Nonix Thomas and Holloway p. 190
2002	Dicranopeltis Jell and Adrain p. 366
2002	Dicranopeltis Sepkoski
2002	Nonix Sepkoski
2002	Tsunylichas Sepkoski
2005	Dicranopeltis Pollitt et al. p. 238

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Ecdysozoa
—	Panarthropoda
phylum	Arthropoda	Latreille 1829

Rank	Name	Author
subphylum	Artiopoda	(Hou and Bergstrom)
class	Trilobita	Walch 1771
order	Lichida	Moore 1959
family	Lichidae	Hawle and Corda 1847
subfamily	Lichinae	Hawle and Corda 1847
tribe	Dicranopeltini
genus	Dicranopeltis	Hawle and Corda 1847

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Dicranopeltis Hawle and Corda 1847

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†Dicranopeltis arkansana Van Ingen 1901

†Dicranopeltis decipiens Weller 1907

†Dicranopeltis eopolytoma Kolobova 1978

†Dicranopeltis eretes Holloway 2021

†Dicranopeltis imperfecta Snajdr 1975

†Dicranopeltis polytoma Angelin 1854

†Dicranopeltis polytomus Angelin 1854

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Invalid names: Lichas elegans Törnquist 1884 [synonym]

†Dicranopeltis scabra Beyrich 1845

†Dicranopeltis tricornis Kobayashi and Hamada 1986

Invalid names: Dicranopeltoides Phleger 1936 [synonym], Nonix Lane 1984 [synonym], Raymondarges Phleger 1937 [synonym], Trachylichas Gurich 1901 [objective synonym], Tsunyilichas Zhang 1974 [synonym]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available