Trilobita - Phacopida - Phacopidae
Alternative combinations: Calymene bufo rana, Phacops rana
Full reference: J. Green. 1832. A monograph of the trilobites of North America 1-93
Belongs to Eldredgeops according to W. Struve 1990
See also Eldredge 1972, Green 1832, Hall 1861 and Walcott 1884
Sister taxon: Eldredgeops crassituberculata
Subtaxa: Phacops rana arkonensis Phacops rana bellensis Phacops rana milleri Phacops rana norwoodensis
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Devonian of Canada (3: Ontario collections), Morocco (1), Spain (1), United States (233: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Michigan, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania), Western Sahara (4)
Total: 242 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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