Trilobita - Lichida - Lichidae
Alternative spelling: Paraleolichas
Full reference: T. Kobayashi and T. Hamada. 1987. The third addition to the Silurian trilobite fauan of Yokokura-Yama, Shikoku, Japan. Transactions and Proceedings of the Paleontological Society of Japan, N.S. 147:109-113
Parent taxon: Lichidae according to T. Kobayashi and T. Hamada 1987
See also Jell and Adrain 2002 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Asawikwanabe, Basseiarges, Echinolichinae, Eifliarges, Homolichinae, Hopolichoides, Huginarges, Jasperia, Lichinae, Metaleiolichas, Neolichas, Nipponarges, Ohleum, Perunaspis, Platylichinae, Rhenarges, Rontrippia, Tairongia, Tetralichinae, Trochurinae
Subtaxa: Paraleiolichas globulus
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at new trilobite collection, Gomi Quarry (Silurian of Japan)
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