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Platylichas (Rontrippia) angulatus

Artiopoda - Lichida - Lichidae

Taxonomy
Platylichas angulatus was named by Warburg (1925).

It was recombined as Platylichas (Rontrippia) angulatus by Thomas and Holloway (1988).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1925Platylichas angulatus Warburg
1939Platylichas angulatus Warburg p. 116
1988Platylichas (Rontrippia) angulatus Thomas and Holloway p. 214

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderLichidaMoore 1959
familyLichidaeHawle and Corda 1847
subfamilyPlatylichinaePhleger 1936
genusPlatylichas(Gürich 1901)
subgenusRontrippia
speciesangulatus()

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.

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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
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 14:42:58
Modified: 2009-06-09 16:42:58
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997, Harrington et al. 1959

Age range: Katian or 452.80000 to 445.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Katian452.8 - 445.2Sweden (Dalarna) Platylichas angulatus (124939)