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Amphilichas cucullus

Trilobita - Lichida - Lichidae

Taxonomy
Lichas cucullus was named by Meek and Worthen (1865). It is the type species of Acrolichas.

It was recombined as Acrolichas cucullus by Foerste (1919), Foerste (1920) and Bradley (1930); it was recombined as Amphilichas cucullus by Tripp (1958).

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1865Lichas cucullus Meek and Worthen p. 266
1919Acrolichas cucullus Foerste p. 402
1920Acrolichas cucullus Foerste p. 29 figs. PI. 1 f. 1a-g.
1930Acrolichas cucullus Bradley p. 264 figs. pl 29 f. 1-9
1958Amphilichas cucullus Tripp p. 577

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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
speciescucullus(Meek and Worthen 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 cucullus Meek and Worthen 1865
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Diagnosis
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