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Platylichas margaritifer

Trilobita - Lichida - Lichidae

Taxonomy
Lichas margaritifer was named by Nieszkowski (1857).

It was recombined as Lichas (Platylichas) margaritifer by Gürich (1901); it was recombined as Platylichas margaritifer by Warburg (1939), Owen and Bruton (1980), Owen (1981) and Owen and Harper (1982).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. scoticus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1857Lichas margaritifer Nieszkowski
1901Lichas (Platylichas) margaritifer Gürich
1939Platylichas margaritifer Warburg p. 104
1980Platylichas margaritifer Owen and Bruton
1981Platylichas margaritifer Owen
1982Platylichas margaritifer Owen and Harper

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderLichidaMoore 1959
familyLichidaeHawle and Corda 1847
subfamilyPlatylichinaePhleger 1936
genusPlatylichas(Gürich 1901)
speciesmargaritifer(Nieszkowski 1857)

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.

†Platylichas margaritifer Nieszkowski 1857
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Diagnosis
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