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Platylichas (Rontrippia)

Trilobita - Lichida - Lichidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1988Platylichas (Rontrippia) Thomas and Holloway
2002Rontrippia Jell and Adrain p. 440
2002Rontrippia Sepkoski
2005Platylichas (Rontrippia) Pollitt et al. p. 237

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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)
subgenusRontrippia

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. †Platylichas (Rontrippia) Thomas and Holloway 1988
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Platylichas (Rontrippia) parvulus Cooper and Kindle 1936
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Spines: minorg
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-09 14:42:58
Modified: 2009-06-09 16:42:58
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Harrington et al. 1959, Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Katian to the top of the Homerian or 453.00000 to 427.40000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Katian453.0 - 445.2Sweden (Dalarna) Platylichas angulatus (124939)
Wenlock433.4 - 427.4United Kingdom (England) Platylichas grayii (79893)
Homerian430.5 - 427.4United Kingdom Platylichas grayii (165514)