Pulvinocephalus (Cryphopsides) walliseri Feist 2019 (trilobite)

Artiopoda - Phacopida - Phacopidae

Full reference: R. Feist. 2019. Post-Kellwasser event recovery and diversification of phacopid trilobites in the early Famennian (Late Devonian). Bulletin of Geosciences 94(1):1-22

Belongs to Pulvinocephalus (Cryphopsides) according to R. Feist 2019

Sister taxa: Pulvinocephalus (Cryphopsides) latilimbatus, Pulvinocephalus (Cryphopsides) ovatus

Type specimen: SMF 97036, a cephalon/head

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Sessacker Trench VI. Upper Beds Lahn-Dill Area. (Devonian of Germany)

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