Trilobita - Phacopida - Acastidae
Full reference: G. Termier and H. Termier. 1950. Paléontologie Marocaine II. Invertébres de l'Ere Primaire. 4. Annélides, Arthropodes, Echinodermes, Conularides et Graptolithes. Service Carte Géologique Morocco, Notes et Mémoires 79(4):1-279
Parent taxon: Acastidae according to P. A. Jell and J. M. Adrain 2002
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Acastava, 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, Pseudocryphaeus, Rheicops, Sanidopyge, Scotiella, Sokhretia, Stummiana, Tolkienia, Treveropyge, Turcopyge, Walliserops
Subtaxa: Psychopyge elegans Psychopyge hammerorum Psychopyge praestans
Type: Psychopyge elegans
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Devonian of Algeria (1 collection), Germany (1), Morocco (3)
Total: 5 collections including 6 occurrences
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