Eophacops Delo 1935 (trilobite)

Trilobita - Phacopida - Phacopidae

Synonym: Bullicephalus Pribyl and Vanek 1971

Parent taxon: Phacopidae according to P. A. Jell and J. M. Adrain 2002

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Acernaspis, Acuticryphops, Adastocephalum, Afrops, Altaesajania, Ananaspis, Babinops, Boeckops, Burtonops, Chotecops, Denckmannites, Dianops, Dienstina, Drotops, Ductina, Echinophacopinae, Eldredgeops, Enigmapyge, Eocryphops, Illaenula, Inexpectatops, Kainops, Liolophops, Lochkovella, Nyterops, Paciphacops, Phacopidella, Phacopinae, Phacops, Plagiolaria, Pulvinocephalus, Rabienops, Reedops, Rhinophacops, Rhinoreedops, Sambremeusaspis, Signatops, Struveaspis, Teichertops, Trifoliops, Trimerocephalus, Zaplaops

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Silurian of Canada (1: Nunavut collection), the Czech Republic (12), Estonia (3), Japan (1), Morocco (1), Paraguay (1), the Russian Federation (5), Sweden (2), Ukraine (6), United States (12: Arkansas, Illinois, Iowa, Virginia, Wisconsin)

• Ordovician to Silurian of Canada (1: British Columbia)

• Ordovician of Canada (2: Quebec)

Total: 47 collections including 48 occurrences

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