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Phacops (Phacops)

Artiopoda - Phacopida - Phacopidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1839Phacops (Phacops) Emmrich p. 399
1849Phacops (Phacops) M'Coy p. 399

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderPhacopidaSalter 1864
suborderPhacopinaStruve 1959
superfamilyPhacopoideaHupe 1953
familyPhacopidaeHawle and Corda 1847
genusPhacops
subgenusPhacopsEmmrich 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.

Subg. †Phacops (Phacops) Emmrich 1839
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†Phacops (Phacops) brocki Feist and Talent 2000
†Phacops (Phacops) nyter Struve 1970
†Phacops (Phacops) oehlerti Morzadec 1969
†Phacops (Phacops) papulatus Richter and Richter 1943
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
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, Hendy 2009, Fortey and Owens 1999

Age range: base of the Pragian to the top of the Late/Upper Famennian or 413.02000 to 358.86000 Ma

Collections (28 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pragian413.02 - 410.62Australia (Victoria) Phacops n. sp. (75683)
Early/Lower Emsian410.62 - 399.5Spain (León) Phacops saberensis (235101)
Early/Lower Emsian410.62 - 399.5Morocco Phacops saberensis (150334)
Emsian410.62 - 393.47France (Alsace) Phacops sp. (40505)
Emsian410.62 - 393.47Morocco Phacops papulatus (27117)
Zlichovian - Daleje410.62 - 393.47Australia (New South Wales) Phacops sp. (188101)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Germany (Rhineland-Palatinate) Phacops imitator (188766)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Belgium Phacops imitator (223279)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31Australia (Queensland) Phacops brocki (223281 223288)
Late/Upper Givetian383.4 - 382.31Australia (Queensland) Phacops brocki (223296)
Late/Upper Givetian - Early/Lower Frasnian383.4 - 379.0Spain Phacops sp. (27713)
Early/Lower Frasnian382.31 - 379.0Spain Phacops sp. (27714)
Frasnian382.31 - 372.15Spain Phacops sp. (27618)
Famennian372.15 - 358.86China (Guangxi) Phacops granulatus (229268)
Late/Upper Famennian365.2 - 358.86Austria Phacops granulatus (38596 38608 42404 42406)
Late/Upper Famennian365.2 - 358.86Germany Phacops granulatus (229398) Rabienops granulatus (181336 229399)
Late/Upper Famennian365.2 - 358.86China (Guizhou) Phacops granulatus (218957 218958) Phacops guilinensis (234696)
Late/Upper Famennian365.2 - 358.86United Kingdom (England) Phacops granulatus (234931 234932 234936)