Eophacops

Eophacops Temporal range: Ordovician–Silurian PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Trilobita
Superorder:	Phacopina
Order:	Phacopida
Superfamily:	Phacopoidea
Family:	Phacopidae
Genus:	Eophacops Delo, 1935
Species
E. handwerki (Weller, 1907) (type) = Phacops handwerki[1][2] E. aratroideus Ramsköld, 1985 E. bulliceps (Barrande, 1846) = Phacops bulliceps E. fontanus Holloway, 1980 E. helmuti Männing, 1987 E. lauensis Ramsköld, 1985 E. mancus (Foerste, 1919) = Phacops mancus E. matheri Delo, 1940 E. musheni (Salter, 1864) = Phacops musheni E. serotinus Männing, 1987 E. sprogensis Ramsköld, 1985 E. trapeziceps (Barrande, 1846) = Phacops trapeziceps, P. cultifrons
Synonyms
Pterygometopidella

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.

References

1. Moore, R.C. (1959). Arthropoda I - Arthropoda General Features, Proarthropoda, Euarthropoda General Features, Trilobitomorpha. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology. Part O. Boulder, Colorado/Lawrence, Kansas: Geological Society of America/University of Kansas Press. pp. 1–560. ISBN 0-8137-3015-5.
2. Ramskjöld, L.; Werdelin, L. (1991). "The phylogeny and evolution of some phacopid trilobites". Cladistics 7: 29–74. doi:10.1111/j.1096-0031.1991.tb00021.x.