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Platylichas hamatus

Trilobita - Lichida - Lichidae

Taxonomy
Lichas hamata was named by Schmidt (1885). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Platylichas hamatus by Thomas and Holloway (1988).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1885Lichas hamata Schmidt
1988Platylichas hamatus Thomas and Holloway p. 213

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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)
specieshamatus()

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 hamatus Schmidt 1885
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available