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Eophacops ✝
Description | Eophacops is a genus of trilobites from the order Phacopida, family Phacopidae. These trilobites lived during the Middle Silurian in what now are North America and North-West Europe. Species assigned to this genus can be distinguished from Phacops by their small size (2–3 cm). Eophacops has very large eyes compared to the rest of its body. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eophacops, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source Data |
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Rank | genus | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Phacopida : Pterygometopidae : Eophacops | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Phacopida : Phacopidae : Eophacops | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Eophacops Delo, 1935 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Name Published In | Journal of Paleontology, 9: 405 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 461 - 444 Ma Paleozoic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 423 - 419 Ma Paleozoic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Environment | marine (based on Trilobita) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | fast-moving (based on Trilobita) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | well-developed (based on Phacopidae) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | carnivore (based on Phacopina) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ontogeny | molting,addition of parts (based on Trilobita) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ecospace Comments | BODY SIZE: Data from Harrington et al. (1959). | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | low Mg calcite, chitin (based on Trilobita) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eophacops |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Eophacops cerviculata species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Eophacops fontana species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Eophacops helmuti species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Eophacops matheri species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Eophacops newfoundlandensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Eophacops serotinus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1935 | Eophacops Delo |
2002 | Eophacops Jell and Adrain p. 373 |
2002 | Eophacops Sepkoski, Jr. |
References
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!