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Platylichas (Rontrippia) telleri

Trilobita - Lichida - Lichidae

Taxonomy
Dicranopeltis telleri was named by Weller (1907). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Platylichas (Rontrippia) telleri by Thomas and Holloway (1988).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1907Dicranopeltis telleri Weller
1988Platylichas (Rontrippia) telleri Thomas and Holloway p. 213

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderLichidaMoore 1959
familyLichidaeHawle and Corda 1847
subfamilyPlatylichinaePhleger 1936
genusPlatylichas(Gürich 1901)
subgenusRontrippia
speciestelleri()

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Spines: minorg
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-09 14:42:58
Modified: 2009-06-09 16:42:58
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004, Harrington et al. 1959
Collections
No collection or age range data are available