Phacops — Phacops
Phacops Wilson44691, Wikimedia Commons, Public domain (US)

Trilobite

Phacops

Phacopid trilobite

Phacops is the Devonian trilobite genus with large schizochroal eyes whose name has been applied to most Moroccan and American phacopids in trade; the North American 'Phacops rana' is now Eldredgeops, and many Moroccan 'Phacops' are Austerops, Morocops or Adrisiops. Small enrolled Moroccan 'Phacops' are the cheapest genuine trilobites sold. Label to the current genus where you can and keep 'Phacops' as an alias.

PhylumArthropoda
ClassTrilobita
OrderPhacopida
FamilyPhacopidae
GroupTrilobite
Rank (PBDB)genus· Paleobiology Database
AuthorEmmrich 1839· Paleobiology Database
Classification (PBDB)Arthropoda › Trilobita › Phacopida › Phacopidae· Paleobiology Database
Range (PBDB)469–354 Ma· Paleobiology Database
PBDB occurrences251· Paleobiology Database

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Cite this article

Stratum Study. "Phacops" (Taxon). Stratum Study pack 2026.09, as of 2026-09-19. https://stratum.black/study/taxa/phacops. Accessed 2026-09-20.

@misc{stratum-phacops,
  title        = {Phacops},
  author       = {{Stratum Study}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://stratum.black/study/taxa/phacops}},
  year         = {2026},
  note         = {Taxon article, Stratum Study pack 2026.09, as of 2026-09-19; sources: stratum, pbdb, wikidata, commons. Accessed 2026-09-20.}
}

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