Trilobita - Lichida - Lichidae
Alternative spelling: Metapolichas
Invalid subtaxa: Lichas (Metopias) Eichwald 1842 [replaced name], Macroterolichas Phleger 1937, Metopias Eichwald 1842 [replaced name]
Full reference: G. Gürich. 1901. Ueber eine neue Lichas-Art aus dem Devon von Neu-Sud-Wales und über de Gattung Lichas überhaupt. Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Geologie und Paläontologie 14:519-539
Parent taxon: Dicranopeltini according to J. R. Pollitt et al. 2005
See also Gürich 1901, Jell and Adrain 2002, Schmidt 1885 and Thomas and Holloway 1988
Sister taxa: Dicranopeltis, Oinochoe, Uralichas
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Volkhov of the Russian Federation (18 collections)
• Arenig of China (1)
• Ordovician of China (7), Estonia (1), Iran (1), Norway (1), the Russian Federation (5), Sweden (17), the United Kingdom (3), United States (2: Illinois)
Total: 56 collections including 61 occurrences
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