Trilobita - Lichida - Lichidae
Full reference: B. D. E. Chatterton and R. Ludvigsen. 1976. Silicified Middle Ordovician trilobites from the South Nahanni River Area, District of Mackenzie, Canada. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 154(1-3):1-106
Belongs to Amphilichas according to B. D. E. Chatterton and R. Ludvigsen 1976
Sister taxa: Amphilichas antiquarius, Amphilichas aspratilis, Amphilichas atavus, Amphilichas cucullus, Amphilichas dalecarlicus, Amphilichas declivis, Amphilichas effnensis, Amphilichas halli, Amphilichas holmi, Amphilichas laevis, Amphilichas latifrons, Amphilichas lineatus, Amphilichas minganensis, Amphilichas nasutus, Amphilichas panoplos, Amphilichas parvulus, Amphilichas periformis, Amphilichas planus, Amphilichas shergoldi, Amphilichas subdisjunctus, Amphilichas subpunctatus, Amphilichas wahlenbergi, Acrolichas prominulus, Kerakephalichas rhinoceros
Type specimen: GSC 40398, a cephalon/head (cranidium)
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Whiterockian of Canada (3: Quebec collections)
• Chazyan of Canada (5: Northwest Territories)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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