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Silicified Lichidae (Trilobita) from the Middle Ordovician of Virginia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

R. P. Tripp  and
W. R. Evitt
R. P. Tripp
Affiliation:
The British Museum (Natural History), Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD
W. R. Evitt
Affiliation:
Stanford University, Stanford, California, U.S.A.
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Summary

The trilobite family Lichidae is represented in the Middle Ordovician of Virginia by silicified remains of species of Hemiarges and Amphilichas. One new subspecies, Hemiarges turneri Chatterton & Ludvigsen rasettii, is described. Development stages of both genera are illustrated. The bulla of H. turneri rasettii appears in the meraspis, whereas it is present in the protaspis of a Devonian species. The late metaprotaspis of Amphilichas has a small fixigenal spine, a feature shared with protaspides of the family Odontopleuridae.

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Geological Magazine , Volume 118 , Issue 6 , November 1981 , pp. 665 - 677
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1981

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