Phacops spedeni Chatterton 1971 (trilobite)

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 (Chotecops), Phacops (Dalmania), Phacops (Nephranops), Phacops (Omegops), Phacops (Phacops), Phacops (Portlockia), Phacops (Prokops), Phacops (Pterygometopus), Phacops alifrons, Phacops araw, Phacops breviceps, Phacops circumspectans, Phacops fragosus, Phacops granulatus, Phacops guranensis, Phacops iowensis, Phacops latifrons, Phacops maurusius, Phacops maximus, Phacops natlensis, Phacops ouarouroutensis, Phacops pantichionensis, Phacops papulatus, Phacops postaltaicus, Phacops pronini, Phacops tafilaltensis, Phacops tamtertensis, Phacops transversalis, Phacops turco, Phacops zeregensis

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

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