Artiopoda - Phacopida - Phacopidae
Full reference: M. Basse and U. Lemke. 2023. Class Trilobita in the Wocklum Limestone of the northern Rhenish Massif east of the Rhine (late Famennian, late Devonian) – Part 2. Phacopinae (Dianops, Rabienops, Spinicryphops, and Weyerites), with new species of Dianops and Rabienops. Dortmunder Beiträge zur Landeskunde 52:133-181
Belongs to Dianops according to M. Basse and U. Lemke 2023
Sister taxa: Dianops algeriensis, Dianops anophthalmus, Dianops limbatus, Dianops quizhouensis, Dianops typhlops, Dianops vicarius
Type specimen: SMF 57498, a cephalon/head. Its type locality is Oese section, topmost 35 cm, which is in a Famennian carbonate limestone in the Wocklum Limestone Formation of Germany.
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at Brook north of Apricke
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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