Psilocara patagiatum Fortey 1974 (trilobite)

Artiopoda - Olenida - Olenidae

Full reference: R. A. Fortey. 1974. The Ordovician trilobites of Spitsbergen. I. Olenidae. Norsk Polarinstitutt Skrifter 160:1-129

Belongs to Psilocara according to R. A. Fortey 1974

Sister taxa: Psilocara comma, Psilocara liliae

Type specimen: PMO NF 2781, a cephalon/head (cranidium)

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Zone V1b, Ny Friesland (Ordovician of Norway)

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