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Platylichas infimus

Trilobita - Lichida - Lichidae

Taxonomy
Platylichas infimus was named by Campbell and Chatterton (2006). Its type specimen is UA 9774, a pygidium, and it is a cast. Its type locality is Fauna a, Section AV1, Whittaker Fm., Mackenzie Mts., which is in an Aeronian deep subtidal shelf limestone/shale in the Whittaker Formation of Canada.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2006Platylichas infimus Campbell and Chatterton p. 515 figs. Fig. 2.1

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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)
speciesinfimus

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 infimus Campbell and Chatterton 2006
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available