Trilobita - Lichida - Lichidae
Full reference: B. D. E. Chatterton and R. Ludvigsen. 2004. Early Silurian trilobites of Anticosti Island, Québec, Canada. Palaeontographica Canadiana 22
Belongs to Lichas according to B. D. E. Chatterton and R. Ludvigsen 2004
Sister taxa: Lichas (Ceratarges), Lichas (Ceratolichas), Lichas (Conolichas), Lichas (Craspedarges), Lichas (Echinolichas), Lichas (Eifliarges), Lichas (Gaspelichas), Lichas (Hoplolichas), Lichas (Leiolichas), Lichas (Metopolichas), Lichas (Uralichas), Lichas affinis, Lichas curvifrons, Lichas ferrisi, Lichas harrisi, Lichas laciniatus, Lichas laticeps, Lichas palifer, Lichas platyrhinus, Lichas rotundifrons, Apolichas perconvexus, Apolichas truncatus
Type specimen: GSC 122173, a cephalon/head (cranidium). Its type locality is AN22, which is in a Rhuddanian open shallow subtidal limestone in the Becscie Formation of Canada.
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Silurian of Canada (4: Quebec collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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