Reedops Richter and Richter 1925 (trilobite)

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

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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

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