Phacopidae
Encyclopedia
Phacopidae is a family
of trilobite
s of the order Phacopida
, including the following genera:
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
of trilobite
Trilobite
Trilobites are a well-known fossil group of extinct marine arthropods that form the class Trilobita. The first appearance of trilobites in the fossil record defines the base of the Atdabanian stage of the Early Cambrian period , and they flourished throughout the lower Paleozoic era before...
s of the order Phacopida
Phacopida
Phacopida is an order of trilobite that lived from the Ordovician to the Devonian. It is made up of a morphologically diverse group of related suborders....
, including the following genera:
- AcernaspisAcernaspisAcernaspis is an extinct genus Silurian of Trilobite. It contains two species, A. elliptifrons, and A. salmoensis. It is sometimes found preserved in burrows of various forms, sometimes in association with multiple moults, suggesting that it used the tunnels as refugia whilst in its vulnerable...
- Acuticryphops
- AdastocephalumAdastocephalumAdastocephalum is a genus of trilobite in the order Phacopida, which existed in what is now New South Wales, Australia. It was named by Mitchell in 1919, and the type species is Adastocephalum teleotypicum.-External links:...
- AfropsAfropsAfrops is a genus of trilobite in the order Phacopida, which existed in what is now southwestern Algeria. It was described by Alberti in 1983, and the type species is Afrops larvifer.-External links:* at the Paleobiology Database...
- Ainasuella
- Altaesajania
- AnanaspisAnanaspisAnanaspis is a genus of trilobite in the order Phacopida, which existed in what is now the Czech Republic. It was described by Campbell in 1967, and the type species is Ananaspis fecundis, which was originally described as Phacops fecundus communis by Barrande in 1852.-External links:* at the...
- Angulophacops
- Arduennops
- Atopophacops
- Babinops
- BoeckopsBoeckopsBoeckops is a genus of trilobite in the order Phacopida, which existed in what is now the Czech Republic. It was described by Chlupac in 1972, and the type species is Boeckops boecki, which was originally described as Phacops boecki by Hawle and Corda in 1847.-External links:* at the Paleobiology...
- Burtonops
- ChotecopsChotecopsChotecops is a genus of trilobites from the order Phacopida, suborder Phacopina, family Phacopidae. This genus is from the Devonian and can be found in Germany usually in pyrite. They are often mistaken as Phacops. It is not uncommon to find this genus preserved with limbs...
- Cryphops
- Cultrops
- Denckmannites
- Dianops
- Dienstina
- DrotopsDrotopsDrotops is a genus of trilobites from the order Phacopida, family Phacopidae. This genus is from the Devonian period and can be found in Morocco. Drotops is large in comparison to most other trilobite genera, lengths of eight inches are common. Drotops can be distinguished from other genera in...
- DuctinaDuctinaDuctina is a genus of trilobites of the order Phacopida, family Phacopidae, from the Lower Devonian. These are usually small trilobites, rarely exceeding half an inch. They come from the Devonian time period and are found in Germany and China...
- Echidnops
- Echinophacops
- EldredgeopsEldredgeopsEldredgeops was a genus of trilobites in the order Phacopida, family Phacopina. They are from the Devonian time period. This genus has recently been created from a single species derived from Phacops and can be found in limestone deposits in Ohio....
- Eocryphops
- EophacopsEophacopsEophacops is a genus of trilobites from the order Phacopida, family Phacopidae. These trilobites are from the Silurian age and can be distinguished from the genus Phacops by its size. Eophacops is very small, 2–3 cm. is average length...
- Geesops
- Hypsipariops
- Illaenula
- KainopsKainopsKainops is a genus of trilobites from the family Phacopidae, order Phacopida. It can be distinguished from Paciphacops by the greater number of facets to the eye . The form of the furrow between the palpebral area and the palpebral lobe also distinguishes Kainops from the genera Paciphacops and...
- Liolophops
- Lochkovella
- Nandanaspis
- Nephranomma
- Nephranops
- Nyterops
- Omegops
- Orygmatos
- PaciphacopsPaciphacopsPaciphacops is a genus of trilobites from the order Phacopida, suborder Phacopina. This genus is easily mistaken for the more common and popular genus Phacops and Kainops. It takes a careful eye to spot the difference. One major differences between Paciphacops and Phacops is that the glabella on...
- Pedinopariops
- Phacopidella
- PhacopsPhacopsPhacops is a genus of trilobite in the order Phacopida, family Phacopidae that lived in Europe and North American in the Silurian and Devonian periods. It was a rounded animal, with a globosa head and large eyes, and probably fed on detritus...
- Plagiolaria
- Portlockia
- Prokops
- Rabienops
- Reedops
- Rhinophacops
- Rhinoreedops
- Sambremeuaspis
- Signatops
- Somatrikelon
- Spinicryphops
- Struveaspis
- Struveops
- Tangbailaspis
- Teichertops
- ToxophacopsToxophacopsToxophacops is a genus of trilobites from the order Phacopida, family Phacopidae. Little is known about this genus because it was proposed in 2002. It is from the Devonian time period and is very small compared to other genera in the Phacopida family.Some Known Species and Locations.*Toxophacops...
- TrimerocephalusTrimerocephalusTrimerocephalus is a genus of trilobites from the order Phacopida, family Phacopidae. This genus is from the late Devonian and can be found in Morocco, Poland, Germany and occasionally in other European countries...
- Viaphacops
- Weyerites
- Zaplaops
- Zhusilengops