Trilobita - Phacopida - Phacopidae
Full reference: C. Cronier, F. Z. Malti, A. Francois, M. Benyoucef, and D. Brice. 2013. First occurrence of a phacopid trilobite faunule from the Upper Devonian of Saoura Valley, Algeria and biodiversity fluctuations. Geological Magazine 150(6):1002-1021
Belongs to Phacops according to C. Cronier et al. 2013
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 spedeni, Phacops tafilaltensis, Phacops transversalis, Phacops turco, Phacops zeregensis
Type specimen: MUA/1094/001. Its type locality is Tamtert-Zereg, Beni-Abbès, which is in a Famennian/Famennian offshore limestone in the Marhouma Formation of Algeria.
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at Tamtert-Zereg, Beni-Abbès
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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