Trilobita - Phacopida - Phacopidae
Full reference: B. D. E. Chatterton. 1971. Taxonomy and ontogeny of Siluro-Devonian trilobites from near Yass, New South Wales. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 137(1-3):1-108
Belongs to Phacops according to B. D. E. Chatterton 1971
Sister taxa: Phacops (Boeckops), Phacops (Chasmops), Phacops (Dalmania), Phacops (Nephranops), Phacops (Omegops), Phacops (Phacops), Phacops (Portlockia), Phacops (Prokops), Phacops (Pterygometopus), Phacops alifrons, Phacops granulatus, Phacops iowensis, Phacops latifrons, Phacops maximus, Phacops ouarouroutensis, Phacops pronini, Phacops smoothops
Type specimen: ANU 17847, a cephalon/head (cranidium). Its type locality is Chatterton Loc. A, Assemblage A, top of Receptaculites Lst, near Yass, NSW, which is in an Emsian marine lime mudstone/grainstone in the Taemas Formation of Australia.
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Devonian of Australia (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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