Artiopoda - Phacopida - Phacopidae
Full reference: W. Struve. 1990. Paläozoologie III (1986–1990). Courier Forschung- sinstitut Senckenberg 127:251-279
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, Denckmannites, Dianops, Dienstina, Ductina, Echinophacopinae, 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: Eldredgeops crassituberculata Eldredgeops rana
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Devonian of Canada (3: Ontario collections), Morocco (1), Spain (2), United States (233: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Michigan, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania), Western Sahara (4)
Total: 243 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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