Trilobita - Phacopida - Phacopidae
Alternative spelling: Phacops (Trimerocephalus)
Synonym: Eutrimerocephalus Gortani 1907 [objective synonym]
Full reference: F. M'Coy. 1849. On the classification of some British fossil Crustacea with notices of new forms in the university collection at Cambridge. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Second Series 4:392-414
Parent taxon: Phacopidae according to P. A. Jell and J. M. Adrain 2002
See also Kayser 1889, M'Coy 1849 and 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, Reedops, Rhinophacops, Rhinoreedops, Sambremeusaspis, Signatops, Struveaspis, Teichertops, Trifoliops, Zaplaops
Subtaxa: Trimerocephalus chopini Trimerocephalus mastophthalmus Trimerocephalus mimbi Trimerocephalus nigritus Trimerocephalus shotoriensis Trimerocephalus tardispinosus
Type: Phacops (Trimerocephalus) mastophthalmus
Ecology: fast-moving infaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Givetian of Germany (1 collection)
• Couvinien of Australia (1)
• Devonian of Australia (3), France (2), Germany (1), Iran (1), Morocco (2), Poland (2), Spain (1), the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 15 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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