Trilobita - Phacopida - Phacopidae
Full reference: H. F. Emmrich. 1839. De Trilobitis: dissertatio petrefactologica quam consensu et auctoritate amplissimi philosophorum ordinis in alma litterarum universitate Friderica Guilelma pro summis in philisophia honoribus.
Parent taxon: Phacopidae according to P.A. Jell and J.M. Adrain 2003
See also M'Coy 1849 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Acernaspis, Acuticryphops, Adastocephalum, Afrops, Altaesajania, Ananaspis, Babinops, Boeckops, Burtonops, Denckmannites, Dianops, Dienstina, Ductina, Echinophacopinae, Eldredgeops, Enigmapyge, Eophacops, Illaenula, Inexpectatops, Kainops, Liolophops, Lochkovella, Nephranomma, Nyterops, Paciphacops, Phacopidella, Phacopinae, Plagiolaria, Pulvinocephalus, Rabienops, Rhinophacops, Rhinoreedops, Sambremeusaspis, Signatops, Teichertops, Trifoliops, Trimerocephalus, Zaplaops
Subtaxa: Phacops (Boeckops) Phacops (Chasmops) Phacops (Chotecops) Phacops (Dalmania) Phacops (Nephranops) Phacops (Omegops) Phacops (Phacops) Phacops (Portlockia) Phacops (Prokops) Phacops (Pterygometopus) Phacops alifrons Phacops araw Phacops breviceps Phacops circumspectans Phacops fragosus Phacops granulatus Phacops guranensis Phacops iowensis Phacops latifrons Phacops maurusius Phacops maximus Phacops natlensis Phacops ouarouroutensis Phacops pantichionensis Phacops papulatus Phacops postaltaicus Phacops pronini Phacops spedeni Phacops tafilaltensis Phacops tamtertensis Phacops transversalis Phacops turco Phacops zeregensis
Type: Phacops latifrons
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of France (1 collection)
• Givetian of Morocco (2)
• Devonian of Algeria (3), Australia (9), Austria (4), Belgium (3), Brazil (1), Canada (13: New Brunswick, Northwest Territories, Ontario, Quebec), Chile (1), China (6), the Czech Republic (10), France (23), Germany (26), Iran (1), Italy (1), Libya (1), Morocco (14), New Zealand (1), Poland (3), Spain (15), Turkey (3), the United Kingdom (14), United States (59: Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Nevada, New York, Pennsylvania), Venezuela (1)
• Silurian of Australia (1), Canada (1: Quebec), China (1), Japan (1), Morocco (2), the United Kingdom (2), United States (6: California, Georgia, New York)
• Ordovician of the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 230 collections including 238 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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