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Phacops (Phacops)

Trilobita - 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
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou 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: Fortey and Owens 1999, Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Emsian to the top of the Late/Upper Famennian or 409.10000 to 360.70000 Ma

Collections (28 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pragian410.8 - 407.6Australia (Victoria) Phacops n. sp. (75683)
Early/Lower Emsian409.1 - 402.5Spain (León) Phacops saberensis (235101)
Early/Lower Emsian409.1 - 402.5Morocco Phacops saberensis (150334)
Zlichovian - Daleje409.1 - 393.3Australia (New South Wales) Phacops sp. (188101)
Emsian407.6 - 393.3Morocco Phacops papulatus (27117)
Emsian407.6 - 393.3France (Alsace) Phacops sp. (40505)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7Belgium Phacops imitator (223279)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7Germany (Rhineland-Palatinate) Phacops imitator (188766)
Givetian387.7 - 382.7Australia (Queensland) Phacops brocki (223281 223288)
Early/Lower Frasnian383.7 - 382.4Spain Phacops sp. (27714)
Frasnian382.7 - 372.2Spain Phacops sp. (27618)
Late/Upper Givetian380.2 - 382.7Australia (Queensland) Phacops brocki (223296)
Late/Upper Givetian - Early/Lower Frasnian380.2 - 382.4Spain Phacops sp. (27713)
Famennian372.2 - 358.9China (Guangxi) Phacops granulatus (229268)
Late/Upper Famennian364.7 - 360.7China (Guizhou) Phacops granulatus (218957 218958) Phacops guilinensis (234696)
Late/Upper Famennian364.7 - 360.7Austria Phacops granulatus (38596 38608 42404 42406)
Late/Upper Famennian364.7 - 360.7Germany Phacops granulatus (229398) Rabienops granulatus (181336 229399)
Late/Upper Famennian364.7 - 360.7United Kingdom (England) Phacops granulatus (234931 234932 234936)