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Lichini ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)360384https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=360384
Ranktribe (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Lichida : Lichidae : Lichini
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Ecdysozoa
-Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumMandibulata
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderLichidaMoore 1959
familyLichidaeHawle and Corda 1847
subfamilyLichinaeHawle and Corda 1847
tribeLichiniPollitt et al. 2005
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Lichinitribebelongs to Lichinaestated with evidencePollitt et al., 2005
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)27
First Recorded Appearance468 - 464 Ma
Middle Ordovician
Last Recorded Appearance403 - 392 Ma
Devonian
Environmentmarine (based on Trilobita)
Motilityfast-moving (based on Trilobita)
Visionwell-developed (based on Lichidae)
Dietcarnivore (based on Lichida)
Ontogenymolting,addition of parts (based on Trilobita)
Taphonomylow Mg calcite, chitin (based on Trilobita)
Primary Reference (PBDB)J. R. Pollitt, R. A. Fortey, and M. A. Wills. 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

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Lichas ✝
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
50468 Ma
Middle Ordovician
403 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian

References

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
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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