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Platylichas validus

Trilobita - Lichida - Lichidae

Taxonomy
Lichas validus was named by Linnarsson (1869). Its type specimen is [lectotype selected by Warburg 1939], a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Lichas (Platylichas) validus by Gürich (1901); it was recombined as Platylichas validus by Warburg (1939).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. scoticus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1869Lichas validus Linnarsson p. 113
1901Lichas (Platylichas) validus Gürich
1939Platylichas validus Warburg p. 116

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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)
speciesvalidus(Linnarsson 1869)

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 validus Linnarsson 1869
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available