Artiopoda - Phacopida - Phacopidae
Alternative spelling: Monoracos
Parent taxon: Phacops according to Schmidt 1886
See also Holloway 2004, Jell and Adrain 2002, Ludvigsen and Chatterton 1982, Ormiston 1978 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Phacops (Boeckops), Phacops (Chasmops), Phacops (Chotecops), Phacops (Dalmania), 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 tamtertensis, Phacops transversalis, Phacops turco, Phacops zeregensis
Subtaxa: Phacops (Monorakos) lopatini
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Ordovician of the Russian Federation (6 collections)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence