Phacops
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Phacops ("Lens-face") is a genus of trilobite in the order Phacopida, suborder Phacopina, superfamily Phacopoidea. They have a very widespread distribution, being found in Morocco, Europe, Australia and North America. They lived during the Devonian and are great index fossils. Often confused/combined with Paciphacops, Kainops, Reedops, Eldredgeops, Chotecops, Viaphacops, Drotops, Eophacops and the superfamily Acastoidea.
Some known species and locations:
- Phacops rana
- Phacops rana rana, New York.
- Phacops rana crassituberculata, Indiana and Ohio.
- Phacops rana norwoodensis, Iowa.
- Phacops cristata bombifrons, Ohio.
- Phacops schlotheimi, Germany.
- Phacops speculator, Morocco.
- Phacops recurvus, Gotland.
- Phacops latifrons, France.
- Phacops brocki, Australia.
