Artiopoda - Lichida - Lichidae
Alternative spellings: Dircranogmus, Lichas (Dicranogmus)
Synonym: Liparges Güich 1901
Parent taxon: Trochurinae according to M. J. Campbell and B. D. E. Chatterton 2009
See also Adrain 2003, Hall and Clarke 1888, Jell and Adrain 2002, Pollitt et al. 2005, Sepkoski 2002, Thomas and Holloway 1988 and Warburg 1925
Sister taxa: Acanthopyge, Akantharges, Belenopyge, Borealarges, Ceratarges, Craspedarges, Hemiarges, Hoplolichas, Hoplolichoides, Mephiarges, Radiolichas, Richterarges, Terranovia, Trochurus, Uripes
Subtaxa: Dicranogmus aequalis Dicranogmus gregalis Dicranogmus guizhouensis Dicranogmus lepidus Dicranogmus pustulatus Dicranogmus scabrosus Dicranogmus skinneri Dicranogmus wilsoni Dicranogmus wynni
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Whitwellian of Canada (4: Northwest Territories collections)
• Silurian of Canada (10: Northwest Territories, Nunavut), Czechia (1), Greenland (2)
• Ordovician of the Russian Federation (1), Sweden (1)
Total: 19 collections including 22 occurrences
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