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Probolichas

Artiopoda - Lichida - Lichidae

Taxonomy
Probolichas was named by Phleger (1936) [Sepkoski's age data: O Llde O Cara-m Sepkoski's reference number: 774]. It is not extant.

It was reranked as Amphilichas (Probolichas) by Evitt (1951).

It was assigned to Amphilichas by Evitt (1951); to Tetralichinae by Thomas and Holloway (1988); to Lichida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Lichidae by Jell and Adrain (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1936Probolichas Phleger
1951Amphilichas (Probolichas) Evitt p. 603
1988Probolichas Thomas and Holloway p. 215
2002Probolichas Jell and Adrain p. 430
2002Probolichas Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
RankNameAuthor
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderLichidaMoore 1959
familyLichidaeHawle and Corda 1847
subfamilyTetralichinaePhleger 1936
genusProbolichasPhleger 1936

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.

G. †Probolichas Phleger 1936
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Probolichas kristiae Carlucci et al. 2010
Probolichas pandus Evitt 1951
Probolichas robbinsi Ulrich 1892
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-15 22:40:01
Modified: 2009-12-16 00:40:01
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: Turinian or 457.30000 to 453.80000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sandbian458.2 - 452.8USA (Virginia) P. sp. (178242 178243 178244 178245)
Turinian457.3 - 453.8USA (Oklahoma) P. kristiae (188091 188092)
Blackriveran457.3 - 449.6USA (Virginia) Amphilichas pandus (73340)
Blackriveran457.3 - 449.6USA (Oklahoma) P. sp. (23892)