Hoplolichoides

Hoplolichoides
Temporal range:
Hoplolichoides conicotuberculatus. Middle Ordovician from Russia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Artiopoda
Class: Trilobita
Order: Lichida
Family: Lichidae
Genus: Hoplolichoides
Phleger, 1936
Species[2]
  • Hoplolichoides conicotuberculatus (Nieszkowskia 1859)[1]
  • Hoplolichoides curvifrons (Warburg 1939)
  • Hoplolichoides furcifer (Schmidt 1885)

Hoplolichoides is a genus of lichid trilobites belonging to the family Lichidae. These fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivores lived in the Middle Ordovician (abt. 470 Ma) of Russia.[3][2]

References

  1. ^ Fossil ID
  2. ^ a b Encyclopedia of Life
  3. ^ "Paleobiology Database". Archived from the original on 2022-03-25. Retrieved 2021-12-17.