Trilobita - Phacopida - Phacopidae
Alternative spelling: Geesops (Nyterops)
Parent taxon: Phacopidae according to A. Ernst and J. Bohatý 2009
See also Basse 1997 and Van Viersen and Koppka 2021
Sister taxa: Acernaspis, Acuticryphops, Adastocephalum, Afrops, Altaesajania, Ananaspis, Babinops, Boeckops, Burtonops, Denckmannites, Dianops, Dienstina, Ductina, Echinophacopinae, Eldredgeops, Enigmapyge, Eophacops, Illaenula, Inexpectatops, Kainops, Liolophops, Lochkovella, Nephranomma, Paciphacops, Phacopidella, Phacopinae, Phacops, Plagiolaria, Pulvinocephalus, Rabienops, Rhinophacops, Rhinoreedops, Sambremeusaspis, Signatops, Teichertops, Trifoliops, Trimerocephalus, Zaplaops
Subtaxa: Nyterops hollandi Nyterops nyter
Type: Phacops (Phacops) nyter
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Devonian of Belgium (3 collections), France (2), Germany (7)
Total: 12 collections including 13 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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