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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	123406	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=123406

Rank

family (PBDB)

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Lichida : Lichidae

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Ecdysozoa
-	Panarthropoda
phylum	Arthropoda	Latreille 1829
subphylum	Mandibulata
class	Trilobita	Walch 1771
order	Lichida	Moore 1959
family	Lichidae	Hawle and Corda 1847

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Lichidae	family	belongs to Trilobita	stated without evidence	Raymond, 1916
Lichidae	family	belongs to Lichida	stated without evidence	Chatterton and Perry, 1977
Lichidae	family	belongs to Lichida	stated with evidence	Whittington et al., 1997
Lichidae	family	belongs to Lichida	stated without evidence	Owens and Fortey, 2009
Lichidae	family	belongs to Lichida	stated with evidence	Adrain, 2011

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

353

First Recorded Appearance

485 - 478 Ma
Paleozoic

Last Recorded Appearance

388 - 383 Ma
Devonian

Environment

marine (based on Trilobita)

Motility

fast-moving (based on Trilobita)

Vision

well-developed (based on Lichidae)

Diet

carnivore (based on Lichida)

Ontogeny

molting,addition of parts (based on Trilobita)

Taphonomy

low Mg calcite, chitin (based on Trilobita)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

P. E. Raymond. 1916. New and old Silurian trilobites from Southeastern Wisconsin, with notes on the genera of the Illaenidae. Bulletin of the Musuem of Comparative Zoology 60(1):1-42

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Echinolichinae ✝ subfamily	listed (PBDB)	1	393 Ma Early/Lower Devonian	393 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Homolichinae ✝ subfamily	listed (PBDB)	4	466 Ma Middle Ordovician	427 Ma Silurian
Lichinae ✝ subfamily	listed (PBDB)	620	485 Ma Cambrian	388 Ma Middle Devonian
Tetralichinae ✝ subfamily	listed (PBDB)	8	461 Ma Middle Ordovician	458 Ma Middle Ordovician
Trochurinae ✝ subfamily	listed (PBDB)	217	472 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician	388 Ma Middle Devonian
Asawikwanabe ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	393 Ma Early/Lower Devonian	393 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Basseiarges ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	393 Ma Early/Lower Devonian	393 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Belenopyge ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	55	445 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	403 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Eifliarges ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	2	393 Ma Early/Lower Devonian	393 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Huginarges ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	2	408 Ma Early/Lower Devonian	408 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Jasperia ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Metaleiolichas ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	427 Ma Silurian	427 Ma Silurian
Neolichas ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	6	443 Ma Silurian	439 Ma Silurian
Ohleum ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	2	393 Ma Early/Lower Devonian	393 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Paraleiolichas ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)	1	427 Ma Silurian	427 Ma Silurian
Platopolichas ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Rhenarges ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Rontrippia ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Tairongia ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	3	467 Ma Middle Ordovician	466 Ma Middle Ordovician

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1847	Lichidae Hawle and Corda
1916	Lichadidae Raymond p. 23
1977	Lichidae Chatterton and Perry p. 785
1997	Lichidae Whittington et al. p. 299
2009	Lichidae Owens and Fortey
2011	Lichidae Adrain p. 105

References

Raymond P. E. (1916) New and old Silurian trilobites from Southeastern Wisconsin, with notes on the genera of the Illaenidae, Bulletin of the Musuem of Comparative Zoology 60 1, 1-42

Chatterton B. D. E., Perry D. G. (1977) Lochkovian Trilobites and Conodonts from Northwestern Canada, Journal of Paleontology 51 4, 772-796

Whittington H. B., Chatterton B. D. E., et al (1997) Trilobita. Introduction, Order Agnostina, Order Redlichiida. Volume 1, Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology O, 1-530

Owens R. M., Fortey R. A. (2009) Silicified Upper Ordovician trilobites from Pai-Khoi, arctic Russia, Palaeontology 52 6, 1209-1220

Adrain J. M. (2011) Class Trilobita Walch, 1771, Animal biodiversity: an outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness 3148, 104-109

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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