Trilobita - Phacopida - Pterygometopidae
Parent taxon: Monorakinae according to D. J. Holloway 2004
See also Jell and Adrain 2002, Ludvigsen and Chatterton 1982, Ormiston 1978 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Carinopyge, Ceratevenkaspis, Elasmaspis, Evenkaspis, Parevenkaspis
Subtaxa: Monorakos consimilis Monorakos kledos Monorakos lopatini Monorakos magnus Monorakos morkokensis Monorakos mutabilis Monorakos ossacrum Monorakos planiusculus Monorakos planus Monorakos tunguskaensis
Type: Phacops lopatini
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Arenig of France (1 collection)
• Ordovician of the Russian Federation (14), United States (1: Alaska)
Total: 16 collections including 23 occurrences
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