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Lichas (Ceratarges)

Trilobita - Lichida - Lichidae

Taxonomy
Lichas (Ceratarges) was named by Gürich (1901) [Sepkoski's age data: D Emsi-u D Eife Sepkoski's reference number: 774,1106]. It is not extant. Its type is Arges armatus.

It was reranked as Ceratarges by Thomas and Holloway (1988), Basse (1998), Jell and Adrain (2002), Sepkoski (2002) and Pollitt et al. (2005).

It was assigned to Lichas by Gürich (1901); to Lichida by Sepkoski (2002); to Lichidae by Basse (1998) and Jell and Adrain (2002); and to Trochurinae by Thomas and Holloway (1988) and Pollitt et al. (2005).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1839Arges Goldfuss
1885Lichas (Arges) Schmidt
1901Lichas (Ceratarges) Gürich
1988Ceratarges Thomas and Holloway p. 219
1998Ceratarges Basse
2002Ceratarges Jell and Adrain p. 356
2002Ceratarges Sepkoski
2005Ceratarges Pollitt et al. p. 238

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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
tribeLichini
genusLichasDalman 1827
subgenusCeratarges

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.

Subg. †Lichas (Ceratarges) Gürich 1901
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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: Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004
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