†Peltocare modestum Henningsmoen 1959 (trilobite)
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Artiopoda - Olenida - Olenidae
Full reference: G. Henningsmoen. 1959. Rare Tremadocian trilobites from Norway. Norsk Geologiske Tidsskrift 39:153-174
Belongs to Peltocare according to G. Henningsmoen 1959
Sister taxa: Peltocare norvegicum, Peltocare olenoides
Type specimen: P.M.O. no. 69565, a cephalon/head (cranidium). Its type locality is Bjørkåsholmen, Asker - Beta, which is in a Varangu offshore shelf shale in the Alum Formation of Norway.
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at Bjørkåsholmen, Asker - Beta
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