Phacops tafilaltensis Crônier and Clarkson 2001 (trilobite)

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

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