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Metopolichas erici

Trilobita - Lichida - Lichidae

Taxonomy
Lichas erici was named by Warburg (1939). Its type specimen is SGU, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Metopolichas erici by Thomas and Holloway (1988).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1939Lichas erici Warburg p. 34 figs. Pl. 5, fig. 2a-c
1988Metopolichas erici Thomas and Holloway p. 214

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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
tribeDicranopeltini
genusMetopolichas()
specieserici()

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.

Metopolichas erici Warburg 1939
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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: Kunda or 469.20000 to 464.30000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kunda469.2 - 464.3Sweden Lichas erici (188217 188226)