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Paciphacops

Artiopoda - Phacopida - Phacopidae

Taxonomy

Paciphacops was named by Maksimova (1971) [Sepkoski's age data: D Gedi-l D Eife Sepkoski's reference number: 421,1106]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Phacopidae by Jell and Adrain (2002); and to Phacopida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species

P. (Paciphacops), P. altaicus, P. argentinus, P. birdsongensis, P. claviger, P. edgecombei, P. latigenalis, P. logani, P. mansfieldensis, P. waisfeldae

Species lacking formal opinion data

P. campbelli, P. raymondi

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1971	Paciphacops Maksimova
2002	Paciphacops Jell and Adrain p. 416
2002	Paciphacops Sepkoski

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Ecdysozoa	Aguinaldo et al. 1997
—	Panarthropoda
phylum	Arthropoda	Gravenhorst 1843

Rank	Name	Author
class	Artiopoda	Hou and Bergstrom
class	Trilobita	Walch 1771
order	Phacopida	Salter 1864
suborder	Phacopina	Struve 1959
superfamily	Phacopoidea	Hupe 1953
family	Phacopidae	Hawle and Corda 1847
genus	Paciphacops	Maksimova 1971

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Paciphacops Maksimova 1971

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Subg. †Paciphacops (Paciphacops) Maksimova 1972

†Paciphacops altaicus Tschernyschev 1893

†Paciphacops argentinus Thomas 1905

†Paciphacops birdsongensis Delo 1935

†Paciphacops claviger Haas 1969

†Paciphacops edgecombei Sandford 2005

†Paciphacops latigenalis Etheridge and Mitchell 1896

†Paciphacops logani Hall 1860

†Paciphacops mansfieldensis Etheridge and Mitchell 1896

†Paciphacops waisfeldae Edgecombe and Ramsköld 1994

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

low Mg calcitec

Composition 2:

chitinc

Entire body:

yesf

Adult length:

10 to < 100f

Adult width:

10 to < 100f

Ontogeny:

molting, addition of partsc

Environment:

marinec

Locomotion:

fast-movingc

Life habit:

low-level epifaunalc

Diet:

carnivoresubo

Vision:

well-developedf

Created:

2009-06-11 18:21:11

Modified:

2009-12-16 01:24:24

Source: f = family, subo = suborder, c = class

References: Fortey and Owens 1999, Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Ludlow to the top of the Eifelian or 426.70000 to 387.95000 Ma

Collections (18 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Silurian	443.1 - 419.62	Argentina (San Juan)	P. argentinus (193478)
Wenlock - Pridoli	432.9 - 419.62	Argentina	P. argentinus (25105) Phacops argentinus (25058)
Ludlow	426.7 - 422.7	Argentina	Phacops argentinus (25054)
Pridoli	422.7 - 419.62	Argentina	Phacops argentinus (25057)
Pridoli - Lochkovian	422.7 - 413.02	USA (Oklahoma)	P. raymondi, P. birdsongensis (26826)
Pridoli - Helderbergian	422.7 - 393.47	Argentina	Phacops argentinus (25055)
Gedinnine	419.62 - 413.02	USA (Tennessee)	Phacops logani (74661 75628)
Lochkovian	419.62 - 413.02	Bolivia	P. waisfeldae (25579)
Lochkovian	419.62 - 413.02	USA (Oklahoma)	P. campbelli (3103 3104)
Lochkovian	419.62 - 413.02	Argentina (San Juan)	P. sp. (193479)
Pragian	413.02 - 410.62	Australia (Victoria)	P. edgecombei (234674)
Pragian	413.02 - 410.62	USA (New York)	Phacops logani (160377)
Early/Lower Emsian	410.62 - 399.5	China (Heilongjiang)	Phacops altaicus (25844 25845)
Eifelian	393.47 - 387.95	Mongolia	Phacops altaicus (79716)