Trilobita - Lichida - Lichidae
Full reference: H. B. Whittington. 1963. Middle Ordovician trilobites from Lower Head, western Newfoundland. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 129(1):1-118
Parent taxon: Tetralichini according to J. R. Pollitt et al. 2005
See also Fortey and Droser 1999, Jell and Adrain 2002, Sepkoski 2002 and Thomas and Holloway 1988
Sister taxa: Amphilichas, Lyralichas, Pseudotupolichas
Subtaxa: Apatolichas jukesi
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Whiterockian of Canada (1: Newfoundland and Labrador collection), United States (1: Nevada)
• Ordovician of Canada (2: Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador), United States (2: California, Nevada)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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