Trilobita - Phacopida - Phacopidae
Alternative spelling: Phacops (Reedops)
Parent taxon: Phacopinae according to A. C. Sandford 2005
See also Alberti 1969, Jell and Adrain 2002 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Austerops, Chlupacops, Chotecops, Cronierella, Cryphops, Echidnops, Eocryphops, Feistops, Geesopini, Geesops, Girardina, Houseops, Magreanops, Morocops, Occitanella, Pedinopariops, Prokops, Spinicryphops, Trimerocephaloides, Viaphacops, Weyerites
Subtaxa: Reedops albertii Reedops bronni Reedops cephalotes Reedops decorus Reedops intermedius Reedops limespragensis Reedops maurulus Reedops pembertoni Reedops platilegnotor Reedops prospicens Reedops sternbergi Reedops struveianus
Type: Phacops bronni
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Devonian of Algeria (2 collections), Australia (1), Canada (1: Ontario), the Czech Republic (21), Kyrgyzstan (1), Morocco (27)
• Silurian to Devonian of China (1)
• Silurian of Australia (1)
Total: 55 collections including 97 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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