Parahomalonotus calvus Chatterton et al. 2006 (trilobite)

Trilobita - Phacopida - Homalonotidae

Full reference: B. D. Chatterton, R. A. Fortey, K. D. Brett, S. L. Gibb, and R. C. McKellar. 2006. Trilobites from the upper Lower to Middle Devonian Timrhanrhart Formation, Jbel Gara el Zguilma, southern Morocco. Palaeontolographica Canadiana (25)1-177

Belongs to Parahomalonotus according to B. D. Chatterton et al. 2006

Sister taxa: Parahomalonotus forbesi, Parahomalonotus gervillei, Parahomalonotus vialai

Type specimen: UA 13381, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Zguilma section, Timrhanrhart Fm, Lower Bed, ZGEE2 , which is in an Emsian shallow subtidal shale in the Timrhanrhart Formation of Morocco.

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Devonian of Morocco (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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