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Phacops

Trilobita - Phacopida - Phacopidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1839Phacops Emmrich p. 56
1849Phacops M'Coy p. 398
2002Phacops Sepkoski
2003Phacops Jell and Adrain p. 424

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderPhacopidaSalter 1864
suborderPhacopinaStruve 1959
superfamilyPhacopoideaHupe 1953
familyPhacopidaeHawle and Corda 1847
genusPhacopsEmmrich 1839

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. †Phacops Emmrich 1839
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Subg. †Phacops (Boeckops) Chlupac 1972
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Subg. †Phacops (Chasmops) M'Coy 1849
Subg. †Phacops (Chotecops) Chlupac 1971
Subg. †Phacops (Dalmania) Emmrich 1844
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†Dalmania caudatus Brünnich 1781
Subg. †Phacops (Nephranops) Richter 1926
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Subg. †Nephranops (Maternia) Feist 2019
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†Nephranops (Maternia) dillanus Richter and Richter 1926
Subg. †Nephranops (Nephranops) Richter and Richter 1926
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Invalid names: Perliproetus muensteri Richter 1869 [synonym]
†Nephranops dillanus Richter and Richter 1926
Subg. †Phacops (Omegops) Struve 1976
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Subg. †Phacops (Phacops) Emmrich 1839
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†Phacops (Phacops) brocki Feist and Talent 2000
†Phacops (Phacops) nyter Struve 1970
†Phacops (Phacops) papulatus Richter and Richter 1943
Subg. †Phacops (Portlockia) M'Coy 1849
Subg. †Phacops (Prokops) Chlupac 1971
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Subg. †Phacops (Pterygometopus) Schmidt 1881
†Phacops alifrons McCoy 1851
†Phacops breviceps Angelin 1854
†Phacops circumspectans Paeckelmann 1913
†Phacops fragosus Struve 1970
†Phacops iowensis Delo 1935
†Phacops latifrons Bronn 1825
†Phacops maurusius Alberti 1983
†Phacops maximus Törnquist 1884
†Phacops natlensis Perry and Chatterton 1976
†Phacops ouarouroutensis Crônier et al. 2018
†Phacops papulatus Richter and Richter 1943
†Phacops pronini Maksimova 1955
†Phacops smoothops Chatterton et al. 2006
†Phacops spedeni Chatterton 1971
†Phacops tamtertensis Cronier et al. 2013
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†Phacops zeregensis Cronier et al. 2013
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†Phacops postaltaicus Maksimova 1960
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†Phacops guranensis Maksimova 1969
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†Phacops tafilaltensis Crônier and Clarkson 2001
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†Phacops granulatus Munster 1840
†Phacops transversalis Yi and Xiang 1975
†Phacops turco Richter and Richter 1939
Invalid names: Phacops posidoniae Gürich 1896 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Spines: noneg
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivoresubo
Vision: well-developedf
Comments: BODY SIZE: Data from Harrington et al. (1959).g
Created: 2009-06-10 07:54:02
Modified: 2009-06-10 09:54:02
Source: g = genus, f = family, subo = suborder, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Fortey and Owens 1999, Hendy 2009

Age range: base of the Burrellian to the top of the Hastarian or 456.60000 to 353.80000 Ma

Collections (224 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burrellian456.6 - 452.5United Kingdom (Scotland) P. jukesi (78001)
Silurian443.8 - 419.2USA (California) P. latifrons (229257)
Llandovery443.4 - 433.4USA (New York) P. sp. (451 452 463)
Llandovery443.4 - 433.4Canada (Quebec) P. sp. (13134)
Llandovery - Wenlock443.4 - 427.4China (Xinjiang) P. sp. (27816)
Aeronian440.8 - 438.5United Kingdom (England) P. sp. (453 454)
Aeronian440.8 - 438.5USA (New York) P. triculcatus (82547)
Aeronian - Telychian440.8 - 433.4USA (Georgia) P. pulchellus (164677)
Telychian438.5 - 433.4Australia (Victoria) P. typhlagogus (8028)
Wenlock433.4 - 427.4Morocco P. volborthi, P. miser (27410)

Youngest occurrences
Time interval Ma Country or state PBDB collection number
Late/Upper Famennian364.7 - 360.7Germany P. granulatus (223449 229398) Phacops indet. (172533) Rabienops granulatus (181336 229399)
Late/Upper Famennian364.7 - 360.7Czech Republic P. accipitrinus, P. granulatus (218975) P. granulatus (234673)
Late/Upper Famennian364.7 - 360.7Morocco P. tafilaltensis (223413 223414)
Late/Upper Famennian364.7 - 360.7Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) P. circumspectans (234946) P. granulatus (38645 219036 219037 219038 219039 219040)
Late/Upper Famennian364.7 - 360.7United Kingdom (England) P. accipitrinus (38428 38430 38431 38432 38433 38434 38438) P. granulatus (234931 234936) P. sp. (38429 38435 38436) P. sp., P. granulatus (234932)
Late/Upper Famennian364.7 - 360.7Austria P. granulatus (38596 38608 42404 42406)
Late/Upper Famennian364.7 - 360.7China (Guizhou) P. granulatus (218957 218958) P. guilinensis (234696)
Late/Upper Famennian364.7 - 360.7Iran P. granulatus (223428)
Late/Upper Famennian364.7 - 360.7France P. sp., P. granulatus (38641)
Hastarian358.9 - 353.8France P. sp. (38642)