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Lichinae ✝
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Rank | subfamily (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Lichida : Lichidae : Lichinae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 163 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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) | A. W. Owen. 1981. The Ashgill Trilobites of the Oslo Region, Norway. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 175:1-88 |
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Dicranopeltini ✝ tribe | listed (PBDB) | 144 | 479 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician | 419 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | |
Echinolichini ✝ tribe | listed (PBDB) | 24 | 468 Ma Middle Ordovician | 388 Ma Middle Devonian | |
Lichini ✝ tribe | listed (PBDB) | 50 | 468 Ma Middle Ordovician | 403 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | |
Platylichini ✝ tribe | listed (PBDB) | 204 | 485 Ma Cambrian | 426 Ma Silurian | |
Tetralichini ✝ tribe | listed (PBDB) | 194 | 485 Ma Cambrian | 428 Ma Silurian | |
Nonix ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 433 Ma Silurian | 433 Ma Silurian | |
Trimerolichas ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 3 | 441 Ma Silurian | 441 Ma Silurian |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1847 | Lichinae Hawle and Corda |
1981 | Lichinae Owen |
References
Owen A. W. (1981) The Ashgill Trilobites of the Oslo Region, Norway, Palaeontographica Abteilung A 175, 1-88 |
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!