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Lichakephalus

Trilobita - Lichida - Lichakephalidae

Taxonomy
Lichakephalus was named by Sdzuy (1955) [Sepkoski's age data: O Trem-l]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Lichakephalidae by Thomas and Holloway (1988) and Jell and Adrain (2002); and to Lichida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1955Lichakephalus Sdzuy
1988Lichakephalus Thomas and Holloway p. 239
2002Lichakephalus Jell and Adrain p. 397
2002Lichakephalus Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
RankNameAuthor
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderLichidaMoore 1959
familyLichakephalidaeTripp 1957
genusLichakephalusSdzuy 1955

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Lichakephalus Sdzuy 1955
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Lichakephalus stubbsi Fortey 2011
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-15 22:39:06
Modified: 2009-12-16 00:39:06
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Tremadocian or 485.40000 to 477.70000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7France (Montagne Noire) L. sp. (20832 76572)
Tremadocian485.4 - 477.7Morocco L. stubbsi (188932)