Artiopoda - Phacopida - Phacopidae
Alternative spelling: Phacopidella (Dienstina)
Parent taxon: Phacopidae according to P. A. Jell and J. M. Adrain 2002
See also Feist and Klapper 2022 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Acernaspis, Acuticryphops, Adastocephalum, Afrops, Altaesajania, Ananaspis, Babinops, Boeckops, Burtonops, Denckmannites, Dianops, Ductina, Echinophacopinae, Eldredgeops, Enigmapyge, Eophacops, Illaenula, Inexpectatops, Kainops, Liolophops, Lochkovella, Nephranomma, Nephranops, Nyterops, Paciphacops, Phacopidella, Phacopinae, Phacops, Plagiolaria, Pulvinocephalus, Rabienops, Rhinophacops, Rhinoreedops, Sambremeusaspis, Signatops, Teichertops, Trifoliops, Trimerocephalus, Zaplaops
Subtaxa: Dienstina diensti
Type: Phacopidella diensti
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Devonian of Germany (1 collection)
• Silurian of Canada (1: Northwest Territories)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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