Pachimocaspis pachimocensis Rustán et al. 2025 (trilobite)

Artiopoda - Phacopida - Dalmanitidae

Full reference: J. J. Rustán, J. L. Benedetto, E. A. Randolfe, F. E. Lopez, A. Braeckman and V. Contreras. 2025. The dalmanitid trilobite Pachimocaspis n. gen. and new brachiopod-based insights into the Silurian-Devonian transition in southern South America. Journal of Paleontology 99(5):1090-1106

Belongs to Pachimocaspis according to J. J. Rustán et al. 2025

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: INGEO-PI-2249. Its type locality is Zanja Honda Creek, by km 244 on NR-150, lower section, samples N0-N3.5, which is in a Lochkovian coastal siltstone/mudstone in the Los Espejos Formation of Argentina.

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Devonian of Argentina (3 collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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