Artiopoda - Phacopida - Phacopidae
Alternative spelling: Phacops (Nephranops)
Parent taxon: Phacopidae according to R. Feist 2019
See also Jell and Adrain 2002, Richter and Richter 1926 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Acernaspis, 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: Nephranops (Maternia) Nephranops (Nephranops) Nephranops dillanus
Type: Phacops (Trimerocephalus) incisus
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Devonian of France (5 collections), Germany (5), Morocco (1)
Total: 11 collections including 12 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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