Lichida

Bohemolichas incola

Order Lichida / Family Lichidae

Darriwilian (Middle Ordovician)Czech Republic

Bohemolichas incola — photo 1 — Photo 1 · Specimen preserving gut contents (Czech Republic; Kraft et al., 2023) Reconstruction of the digestive tract Diet: echinozoans (helical macroalgae?), hyoliths and ostracods (Kraft et (Kraft et al., 2023) al., 2023)

Bohemolichas incola — photo 2 — Photo 2 · Specimen preserving gut contents (Czech Republic; Kraft et al., 2023) Reconstruction of the digestive tract Diet: echinozoans (helical macroalgae?), hyoliths and ostracods (Kraft et (Kraft et al., 2023) al., 2023)

Bohemolichas incola — photo 3 — Photo 3 · Specimen preserving gut contents (Czech Republic; Kraft et al., 2023) Reconstruction of the digestive tract Diet: echinozoans (helical macroalgae?), hyoliths and ostracods (Kraft et (Kraft et al., 2023) al., 2023)

Classification

Order Lichida / Family Lichidae

Genus

Bohemolichas Přibyl & Vaněk, 1972

Genus author

Přibyl A. & Vaněk J.

Genus etymology

bohem, Bohemia; Lichas, a trilobite genus name

Species

B. incola (Barrande, 1872)

Species author

Barrande J.

Species etymology

incola, Latin, inhabitant, native

Age

Darriwilian (Middle Ordovician)

Distribution

Czech Republic

Synonyms

Lichas incola

Diagnosis

Cranidium subtriangular; glabella wide with three pairs of glabellar furrows; occipital ring with distinct lateral lobes; eyes medium-sized; librigenae narrow with short pointed genal spines. Thorax of 11 segments; axis narrower than pleurae; pleural furrows narrow and long, pleural spines rather long. Pygidium subtriangular; axis long, of three rings plus a long terminal piece; pygidial pleural region extended into two wide spines, the median part of the margin with two triangular spines. This species is the type species of the genus Bohemolichas. In September 2023, Nature reported a study of the

Remarks

gut contents of this species, the first direct evidence of the diet of any trilobite.