Trilobita - Olenida - Olenidae

Alternative combination: Psilocara lillae

Full reference: M. F. Tortello. 1999. El género Psilocara Fortey (Trilobita, Olenidae) en la Formación Parcha (Ordovícico Temprano), Salta, Argentina. Ameghiniana 36(3):339-343

Belongs to Psilocara according to D. S. Monti and V. A. Confalonieri 2019

See also Tortello 1999

Sister taxa: Psilocara comma, Psilocara patagiatum

Type specimen: PIL 14383. Its type locality is Quebrada Barranco, which is in an Arenigian marine horizon in the Parcha Formation of Argentina.

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Quebrada Barranco

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