Chotecops
| Chotecops | |
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| Chotecops ferdinandi | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Trilobita |
| Superorder: | Phacopina |
| Order: | Phacopida |
| Superfamily: | Phacopoidea |
| Family: | Phacopidae |
| Genus: | Chotecops |
| Species | |
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Chotecops 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.
Some Known Species and Locations.
- Chotecops ferdinandi (Kayser 1880) Hunsrück Germany.
- Chotecops opitzi Struve 1985 Hunsrück Germany.[1]