Trilobita - Phacopida - Phacopidae
Synonym: Murphycops Lespérance 1968
Parent taxon: Phacopidae according to P. A. Jell and J. M. Adrain 2002
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: 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, Phacops, Plagiolaria, Pulvinocephalus, Rabienops, Rhinophacops, Rhinoreedops, Sambremeusaspis, Signatops, Teichertops, Trifoliops, Trimerocephalus, Zaplaops
Subtaxa: Acernaspis (Eskaspis) Acernaspis copperi Acernaspis elliptifrons Acernaspis khatangensis Acernaspis nanus Acernaspis orestes Acernaspis superciliexcelsis Acernaspis xynon
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Silurian of Australia (1 collection), Canada (72: Quebec), the Czech Republic (1), Estonia (1), Greenland (2), Latvia (1), Norway (1), the Russian Federation (5), Ukraine (2), the United Kingdom (34), United States (1: Wisconsin)
• Ordovician to Silurian of Canada (5: Québec), the Russian Federation (1)
• Ordovician of Canada (1: Québec)
Total: 128 collections including 138 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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