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Hoplolichas tricuspidata

Trilobita - Lichida - Lichidae

Taxonomy
Lichas tricuspidata was named by Beyrich (1846). Its type specimen is PMB k179, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Lichas (Hoplolichas).

It was synonymized subjectively with Lichas dissidens by Warburg (1939); it was recombined as Hoplolichas tricuspidata by Thomas and Holloway (1988).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1846Lichas tricuspidata Beyrich
1988Hoplolichas tricuspidata Thomas and Holloway p. 208

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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
subfamilyTrochurinaePhleger 1936
genusHoplolichas()
speciestricuspidata(Beyrich 1846)

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.

Hoplolichas tricuspidata Beyrich 1846
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Diagnosis
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