Eocryphops

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Eocryphops
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Trilobita
Superorder: Phacopina
Order: Phacopida
Superfamily: Phacopoidea
Family: Phacopidae
Genus: Eocryphops
Species

See text.

Eocryphops is a genus of trilobites from the order Phacopida, family Phacopidae. This genus hails from the Devonian time period. Eocryphops is very similar to Phacops and Paciphacops, but differs slightly. The eyes are lower and further toward the front of the cephalon in Eocryphops.

[edit] Some known species and locations

  • Eocryphops cryptapthalmus, Morocco.
  • Eocryphops kayseri, Germany.
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