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Amphilichas cucullus

Trilobita - Lichida - Lichidae

Taxonomy
Lichas cucullus was named by Meek and Worthen (1865). It is the type species of Acrolichas.

It was recombined as Acrolichas cucullus by Foerste (1919), Foerste (1920) and Bradley (1930); it was recombined as Amphilichas cucullus by Tripp (1958).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1865Lichas cucullus Meek and Worthen p. 266
1919Acrolichas cucullus Foerste p. 402
1920Acrolichas cucullus Foerste p. 29 figs. PI. 1 f. 1a-g.
1930Acrolichas cucullus Bradley p. 264 figs. pl 29 f. 1-9
1958Amphilichas cucullus Tripp p. 577

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderLichidaMoore 1959
familyLichidaeHawle and Corda 1847
subfamilyLichinaeHawle and Corda 1847
tribeTetralichini
genusAmphilichasRaymond 1905
speciescucullus(Meek and Worthen 1865)

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.

Amphilichas cucullus Meek and Worthen 1865
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10g
Spines: minorg
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-09 11:56:55
Modified: 2009-06-09 13:56:55
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Harrington et al. 1959, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: base of the Trentonian to the top of the Richmondian or 457.30000 to 445.50000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Trentonian457.3 - 449.6USA (Missouri) Acrolichas cucullus (89024)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5USA (Minnesota) Amphilichas cucullus (358)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5USA (Michigan) Amphilichas cucullus (26313)