Trilobita - Lichida - Lichidae
Synonyms: Dicranopeltoides Phleger 1936, Nonix Lane 1984, Raymondarges Phleger 1937, Trachylichas Gurich 1901 [objective synonym], Tsunyilichas Zhang 1974, Tsunylichas Zhang 1974
Parent taxon: Dicranopeltini according to J. R. Pollitt et al. 2005
See also Jell and Adrain 2002, Owen 1981, Sepkoski 2002, Thomas and Holloway 1988 and Warburg 1925
Sister taxa: Metopolichas, Oinochoe, Uralichas
Subtaxa: Dicranopeltis arkansana Dicranopeltis decipiens Dicranopeltis eopolytoma Dicranopeltis eretes Dicranopeltis imperfecta Dicranopeltis polytoma Dicranopeltis polytomus Dicranopeltis scabra Dicranopeltis tricornis Nonix sauroter
Type: Lichas scabra
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Whitwellian of Canada (3: Northwest Territories collections)
• Silurian of Canada (3: Northwest Territories, Yukon Territory), the Czech Republic (14), Greenland (2), Japan (1), the United Kingdom (6), United States (21: Arkansas, California, Illinois, Iowa, New York, Wisconsin)
• Ordovician of Iran (2), Ireland (1), Italy (1), Norway (6), Spain (4), Sweden (3), United States (1: Maine)
Total: 68 collections including 72 occurrences
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