Artiopoda - Phacopida - Phacopidae
Alternative spelling: Nephranops
Parent taxon: Phacops according to R. Richter and E. Richter 1926
See also Jell and Adrain 2002 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Phacops (Boeckops), Phacops (Chasmops), Phacops (Chotecops), Phacops (Dalmania), 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 spedeni, Phacops tafilaltensis, Phacops tamtertensis, Phacops transversalis, Phacops turco, Phacops zeregensis
Subtaxa: Nephranops (Maternia) Nephranops (Nephranops) Nephranops dillanus
Type: Phacops (Trimerocephalus) incisus
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
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