Artiopoda - Phacopida - Phacopidae
Alternative combination: Phacops (Phacops) tafilaltensis
Full reference: C. Crônier and E. N. K. Clarkson. 2001. Variation of eye-lens distribution in a new late Devonian phacopid trilobite. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh: Earth Sciences 92(2):103-113
Belongs to Phacops according to C. Cronier et al. 2013
See also Crônier and Clarkson 2001
Sister taxa: Phacops (Boeckops), Phacops (Chasmops), Phacops (Chotecops), Phacops (Dalmania), Phacops (Monorakos), 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 tamtertensis, Phacops transversalis, Phacops turco, Phacops zeregensis
Type specimen: UM2/CCp004, a cephalon/head. Its type locality is Khorb-el-Atil, which is in a Famennian offshore shelf limestone in the Erfoud Formation of Morocco.
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Devonian of Morocco (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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