†family Lichakephalidae Tripp 1957 (trilobite)

Trilobita - Lichida - Lichakephalidae

Synonym: Eoacidaspididae Poletaeva 1957

Parent taxon: Lichida according to J. M. Adrain 2011

See also Pollitt et al. 2005, Thomas and Holloway 1988 and Whittington et al. 1997

Sister taxa: Dameselloidea, Lichidae, Lichoidea, Odontopleuroidea, Paraleolichas

Subtaxa: Acidaspidella Acidaspides Acidaspidina Archikainella Belovia Bestjubella Brutonia Colossaspis Eoacidaspis Lichakephalina Lichakephalus Paraacidaspis

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Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Ordovician of Morocco (1 collection)

• Tremadoc of France (2)

• Cambrian of China (19), France (1), Kazakhstan (16), the Russian Federation (21)

• Taoyuanian of China (1), the Russian Federation (3)

Total: 64 collections including 66 occurrences

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