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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	3267072	https://www.gbif.org/species/3267072
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	19752	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=19752

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Lichida : Lichidae : Metopolichas

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

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
subfamily	Lichinae	Hawle and Corda 1847
tribe	Dicranopeltini	Pollitt et al. 2005
genus	Metopolichas	Gürich 1901

Scientific Name

Metopolichas Gürich, 1901

Name Published In

N. Jahrb. Min. Geol., Stuttgart, Beil. Bd., 14

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Metopolichas	genus	belongs to Trilobita	stated without evidence	Savage, 1913
Metopolichas	genus	belongs to Homolichinae	stated with evidence	Thomas and Holloway, 1988
Metopolichas	genus	belongs to Lichida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Metopolichas	genus	belongs to Lichidae	stated without evidence	Jell and Adrain, 2002
Metopolichas	genus	belongs to Dicranopeltini	stated with evidence	Pollitt et al., 2005

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

479 - 468 Ma
Ordovician

Last Recorded Appearance

450 - 444 Ma
Paleozoic

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)

G. Gürich. 1901. Ueber eine neue Lichas-Art aus dem Devon von Neu-Sud-Wales und über de Gattung Lichas überhaupt. Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Geologie und Paläontologie 14:519-539

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Metopolichas anderkensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Metopolichas breviceps species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Metopolichas celorrhin ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		15	468 Ma Middle Ordovician	468 Ma Middle Ordovician
Metopolichas contractus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Metopolichas erici ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	468 Ma Middle Ordovician	468 Ma Middle Ordovician
Metopolichas kuckersianus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Metopolichas longerostratus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Metopolichas pachyrhinus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Metopolichas verrucosus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		6	468 Ma Middle Ordovician	468 Ma Middle Ordovician
Metopolichas yuanbaensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Macroterolichas Phleger, 1937	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Lichida : Lichidae : *Macroterolichas*
Metapolichas (Gürich, 1901)	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Lichida : Lichidae : *Metapolichas*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1842	Metopias Eichwald
1885	Lichas (Metopias) Schmidt
1901	Lichas (Metopolichas) Gürich
1913	Metapolichas Savage p. 159
1937	Macroterolichas Phleger
1988	Metopolichas Thomas and Holloway p. 205
2002	Metopolichas Jell and Adrain p. 406
2002	Metopolichas Sepkoski, Jr.
2005	Metopolichas Pollitt et al. p. 238

References

Gürich G. (1901) Ueber eine neue Lichas-Art aus dem Devon von Neu-Sud-Wales und über de Gattung Lichas überhaupt, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Geologie und Paläontologie 14, 519-539

Schmidt F. Revision der Ostbaltischen Silurischen Trilobiten. Abtheilung II. Acidaspiden und Lichiden, Mémoires de 'Académie Impériale des Sciences de St. Pétersbourg, VII Série 33 1, 1-127

Savage T. E. (1913) Stratigraphy and paleontology of the Alexandrian Series in Illinois and Missouri. Part I, Illinois Geological Survey, Bulletin 23, 1-124

Thomas A. T., Holloway D. J. (1988) Classification and phylogeny of the trilobite order Lichida, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, B 321, 179-262

Jell P. A., Adrain J. M. (2002) Available generic names for trilobites, Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 48 2, 331-553

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

Pollitt J. R., Fortey R. A., et al (2005) Systematics of the trilobite families Lichidae Hawle & Corda, 1847 and Lichakephalidae Tripp, 1957: the application of Bayesian inference to morphological data, Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 3 3, 225-241 doi:10.1017/S1477201905001604

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

SN2000: Brands, S. J. (compiler) 1989-2005. Systema Naturae 2000. Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2006 version). Available online at http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

extinct group - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

N. Jahrb. Min. Geol., Stuttgart, Beil. Bd., 14 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

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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