Alokistocare modestum Lochman 1952 (trilobite)

Artiopoda - Ptychopariida - Alokistocaridae

Full reference: C. Lochman. 1952. Trilobites. Cambrian Stratigraphy and Paleontology Near Caborca, Northwestern Sonora, Mexico. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. 119 (1) 60-161

Belongs to Alokistocare according to C. Lochman 1952

Sister taxa: Alokistocare alta, Alokistocare althea, Alokistocare aoris, Alokistocare charax, Alokistocare georgense, Alokistocare nactum, Alokistocare nasutum, Alokistocare natale, Alokistocare noduliferum, Alokistocare notatum, Alokistocare nothum, Alokistocare paranotatum, Alokistocare pomona, Alokistocare punctatum, Alokistocare septum, Alokistocare spencense, Alokistocare stephenensis, Alokistocare subcoronatum, Alokistocare swasii

Type specimen: U.S.N.M. No.115897;, a cephalon/head (cranidium).

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Cerro Rajon, Caborca Region (Cambrian of Mexico)

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