Artiopoda - Phacopida - Acastidae
Parent taxon: Acastidae according to P. A. Jell and J. M. Adrain 2002
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Acastava, Acastavinae, Acaste, Acastella, Acastellina, Acastoides, Acastopyge, Armorigreenops, Asteropyginae, Baniaspis, Bellacartwrightia, Braunops, Breizhops, Centauropyge, Chimaerastella, Coltraneia, Cryphina, Delocare, Deloops, Echinopyge, Feruminops, Gourdonia, Greenops, Gudralisium, Hallandclarkeops, Harringtonacaste, Hexacosta, Hollardops, Kayserops, Kennacryphaeus, Kloucekia, Llandovacaste, Mimocryphaeus, Morocconites, Neocalmonia, Paracryphaeus, Pelitlina, Phacopidina, Pilletina, Protacanthina, Psychopyge, Rheicops, Sanidopyge, Scotiella, Sokhretia, Stummiana, Tolkienia, Treveropyge, Turcopyge, Walliserops
Subtaxa: Pseudocryphaeus michelini Pseudocryphaeus munieri Pseudocryphaeus praejonesi Pseudocryphaeus quarterspinosus
Type: Phacops michelini
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Devonian of Belgium (1 collection), France (3), Morocco (2), Poland (4), Spain (3), Türkiye (1)
Total: 14 collections including 17 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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