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Amphilichas minganensis

Trilobita - Lichida - Lichidae

Taxonomy
Lichas minganensis was named by Billings (1865). Its type specimen is GSC 1332a (lectotype), a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Acrolichas minganensis by Raymond (1925); it was recombined as Amphilichas minganensis by Shaw (1968).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. ardmillanensis, A. borealis, A. hibernicus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1865Lichas minganensis Billings
1925Acrolichas minganensis Raymond p. 125
1968Amphilichas minganensis Shaw p. 89

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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
speciesminganensis(Billings 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 minganensis Billings 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: Harrington et al. 1959, Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: base of the Caradoc to the top of the Mohawkian or 458.40000 to 451.00000 Ma

Collections (36 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chazyan470.0 - 457.3USA (New York) Amphilichas minganensis (56184 56212 56215 171704 171798 172171 172237 172239 172307 172308 172310 172316 172318 172319 172320 172321 172337)
Whiterockian470.0 - 457.3Canada (Quebec) Amphilichas minganensis (111361 111363 111431 111432 111441)
Whiterockian470.0 - 457.3USA (Vermont) Amphilichas minganensis (103286 103291 103295 103298)
Whiterockian470.0 - 457.3USA (New York) Amphilichas minganensis (102998 103001 103004 103280 103302 103314 103316)
Caradoc458.4 - 449.5USA (Virginia) Acrolichas minganensis (33528)
Mohawkian457.3 - 451.0USA (Nevada) Amphilichas minganensis (105556) Amphilichas sp. (104491)