Artiopoda - 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 Dianops according to C. Cronier et al. 2013
Sister taxa: Dianops anophthalmus, Dianops kaufmannii, Dianops limbatus, Dianops quizhouensis, Dianops typhlops, Dianops vicarius
Type specimen: MUA/1094/014, a cephalon/head. Its type locality is Tamtert-Zereg, Beni-Abbès, which is in a 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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