Lichida

Classification
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Trilobita
Order: Lichida (Fortey and Chatterton, 1988)
Cincinnatian Families: Lichidae, Odontopleuridae

Geologic Range
Late Ordovician-Late Devonian

Common Paleoecology
Fast-moving, low-level epifaunal carnivore.

Characteristics of the Order

Typically spiny with densely granulate or tuberculate exoskeletons.
Typically 8-13 , spine-tipped, thoracic segments.
Glabella broad, large, extending to anterior border.
Eyes typically present, holochroal, usually smaller.

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Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology (1959):

Medium sized to exceptionally large trilobites chiefly characterized by distinctive cephalic and pygidial features. Glabella broad, extending to anterior border, which may be ill-defined; with pair of lateral glabellar furrows longitudinally elongated; lateral glabellar and occipital lobes tend to fuse with one another and with other parts of the cranidium; facial sutures opisthoparian. Pygidium large, pleural regions usually flattened and composed of 3 pairs of pleurae that commonly exhibit leaf-like or strongly spinose form. Dorsal surface almost invariably tuberculate.

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Lichidae

Odontopleuridae