Artiopoda - Lichida - Lichidae
Alternative spelling: Lichas (Platylichas)
Parent taxon: Platylichinae according to M. J. Campbell and B. D. E. Chatterton 2007
See also Gürich 1901, Jell and Adrain 2002, Owen 1981, Owen and Bruton 1980, Owen and Harper 1982, Pollitt et al. 2005, Sepkoski 2002, Thomas and Holloway 1988, Warburg 1925 and Warburg 1939
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Platylichas (Rontrippia) Platylichas bottniensis Platylichas cicatricosus Platylichas docens Platylichas fossulatus Platylichas hamatus Platylichas inconsuetus Platylichas infimus Platylichas latus Platylichas laxatus Platylichas lingua Platylichas margaritifer Platylichas nasutus Platylichas planifrons Platylichas robustus Platylichas validus Platylichas warburgae Platylichas wegelini
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Silurian of Australia (1 collection), Canada (3: Northwest Territories, Ontario), Greenland (2), the United Kingdom (7), United States (3: Illinois, Iowa)
• Ordovician of Belgium (2), Canada (1: Quebec), China (1), Ireland (2), Norway (17), Sweden (15), the United Kingdom (22), United States (1: Pennsylvania)
Total: 77 collections including 88 occurrences
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