Trilobita - Phacopida - Phacopidae
Parent taxon: Phacopidae according to P. A. Jell and J. M. Adrain 2002
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Acernaspis, Acuticryphops, Adastocephalum, Afrops, Altaesajania, Ananaspis, Babinops, Boeckops, Burtonops, Chotecops, Denckmannites, Dianops, Dienstina, Drotops, Ductina, Echinophacopinae, Eldredgeops, Enigmapyge, Eocryphops, Eophacops, Illaenula, Inexpectatops, Kainops, Liolophops, Lochkovella, Nyterops, Paciphacops, Phacopidella, Phacopinae, Phacops, Plagiolaria, Pulvinocephalus, Rabienops, Rhinophacops, Rhinoreedops, Sambremeusaspis, Signatops, Struveaspis, Teichertops, Trifoliops, Trimerocephalus, Zaplaops
Subtaxa: Reedops cephalotes Reedops decorus Reedops struveianus
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Devonian of Algeria (2 collections), Canada (1: Ontario), the Czech Republic (19), Kyrgyzstan (1), Morocco (19), United States (1: Oklahoma)
• Silurian to Devonian of China (1), United States (1: Oklahoma)
• Silurian of Australia (1)
Total: 46 collections including 73 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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