Trilobita - Phacopida - Phacopidae
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, Chotecops, Denckmannites, Dianops, Dienstina, Drotops, Ductina, Echinophacopinae, Eldredgeops, Enigmapyge, Eocryphops, Eophacops, Illaenula, Inexpectatops, Kainops, Liolophops, Lochkovella, Nyterops, Paciphacops, Phacopidella, Phacopinae, Plagiolaria, Pulvinocephalus, Rabienops, Reedops, Rhinophacops, Rhinoreedops, Sambremeusaspis, Signatops, Struveaspis, Teichertops, Trifoliops, Trimerocephalus, Zaplaops
Subtaxa: Phacops (Boeckops) Phacops (Chasmops) Phacops (Dalmania) Phacops (Nephranops) Phacops (Omegops) Phacops (Phacops) Phacops (Portlockia) Phacops (Prokops) Phacops (Pterygometopus) Phacops alifrons Phacops granulatus Phacops iowensis Phacops latifrons Phacops maximus Phacops ouarouroutensis Phacops pronini Phacops smoothops Phacops spedeni
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of France (1 collection)
• Daleje of the Czech Republic (1)
• Devonian of Algeria (2), Australia (10), Austria (4), Belgium (2), Bolivia (3), Brazil (1), Canada (13: New Brunswick, Northwest Territories, Ontario, Quebec), Chile (1), China (8), Colombia (3), the Czech Republic (34), France (23), Germany (22), Iran (2), Italy (2), Libya (1), Mongolia (1), Morocco (49), New Zealand (1), Poland (3), Spain (14), Turkey (3), the United Kingdom (11), United States (59: Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Nevada, New York, Pennsylvania), Venezuela (1), Vietnam (2)
• Silurian to Devonian of Argentina (1)
• Silurian of Argentina (3), 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: 296 collections including 362 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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