Platylichas margaritifer Nieszkowski 1857 (trilobite)

Trilobita - Lichida - Lichidae

Alternative combinations: Lichas (Platylichas) margaritifer, Lichas margaritifer

Belongs to Platylichas according to A. W. Owen and D. A. T. Harper 1982

See also Campbell and Chatterton 2006, Owen 1981, Owen and Bruton 1980 and Warburg 1939

Sister taxa: Platylichas (Rontrippia), Platylichas bottniensis, Platylichas cicatricosus, Platylichas docens, Platylichas fossulatus, Platylichas hamatus, Platylichas inconsuetus, Platylichas infimus, Platylichas latus, Platylichas laxatus, Platylichas lingua, Platylichas nasutus, Platylichas planifrons, Platylichas robustus, Platylichas validus, Platylichas warburgae, Platylichas wegelini

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Platylichas margaritifer in the database

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