Phaselops Whittington 1963 (trilobite)

Trilobita - Proetida

Full reference: H. B. Whittington. 1963. Middle Ordovician trilobites from Lower Head, western Newfoundland. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 129(1):1-118

Parent taxon: Proetida according to Fortey and Owens 1975

Sister taxa: Aulacopleuroidea, Bathyuridae, Bathyuroidea, Cammingella, Dimeropygidae, Huanoproetus, Hystricuridae, Niachangella, Parapalebralia, Proetoidea, Pusillaboles, Radonia, Sperginaspis, Tayanaella, Tekinia, Telephinidae, Vitaella

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder

Distribution: found only at Dobrotiva Fm, Deep shelf setting, Czech RepublicPrague Basin, Czech Republic (Ordovician of Czech Republic)

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