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Allolichas nodulosus

Trilobita - Lichida - Lichidae

Taxonomy
Trochurus nodulosus was named by McCoy (1851). Its type specimen is SMA 41346a, a pygidium, and it is a mold.

It was recombined as Lichas nodulosus by Lichas (1852); it was recombined as Platylichas nodulosus by Whittington (1962); it was recombined as Allolichas nodulosus by Holloway and Thomas (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1851Trochurus nodulosus McCoy
1852Lichas nodulosus Lichas
1962Platylichas nodulosus Whittington p. 25
2002Allolichas nodulosus Holloway and Thomas p. 118

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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
tribePlatylichini
genusAllolichasKrueger 1992
speciesnodulosus(McCoy 1851)

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.

Allolichas nodulosus McCoy 1851
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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 22:40:01
Modified: 2009-12-16 00:40:01
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: Longvillian or 457.20000 to 455.00000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Longvillian457.2 - 455.0United Kingdom (Wales) Platylichas nodulosus (188590)
Longvillian - Woolstonian457.2 - 454.0United Kingdom (Wales) Platylichas nodulosus (192402 192407)
Woolstonian457.2 - 454.0United Kingdom (Wales) Platylichas nodulosus (188591)