Artiopoda - Phacopida - Phacopidae
Full reference: R. C. McKellar and B. D. E. Chatterton. 2009. Early and Middle Devonian Phacopidae (Trilobita) of southern Morocco. Palaeontographica Canadiana 28:1-109
Belongs to Phacops according to R. C. McKellar and B. D. E. Chatterton 2009
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 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 tamtertensis, Phacops transversalis, Phacops turco, Phacops zeregensis
Type specimen: UA 6904. Its type locality is 272 m., Section 1, Jbel Oufatene. Proetus/Phacops Couche, which is in an Eifelian carbonate limestone in the El Otfal Formation of Morocco.
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at 272 m., Section 1, Jbel Oufatene. Proetus/Phacops Couche
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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