Trilobita - Phacopida - Phacopidae
Alternative combination: Phacops (Reedops) platilegnotor
Full reference: G. K. B. Alberti. 1970. Trilobiten des juengeren Siluriums sowie des Unter- und Mitteldevons. II. Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft 525:1-233
Belongs to Reedops according to U. Lemke 2020
See also Alberti 1970
Sister taxa: Reedops albertii, Reedops bronni, Reedops cephalotes, Reedops decorus, Reedops intermedius, Reedops limespragensis, Reedops maurulus, Reedops pembertoni, Reedops prospicens, Reedops sternbergi, Reedops struveianus
Type specimen: Its type locality is Limestone Horizons of Megrane Shale, Jebel Megrane, Hercynian Massif, Morocco, which is in a Pragian marine shale/limestone in the Megrane Shale Formation of Morocco
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at Limestone Horizons of Megrane Shale, Jebel Megrane, Hercynian Massif, Morocco
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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