Phacops

Phacops

      genus of trilobites (an extinct group of aquatic arthropods) found as fossils in Silurian and Devonian rocks (between 359,000,000 and 444,000,000 years old) in Europe and North America. Phacops is a common and easily recognizable form, with its rounded rather than angular outline, globose head region, and large compound eyes. A common form is the species Phacops rana.

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  • Phacops — Pha cops, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? a lentil + ?, ?, the eye.] (Paleon.) A genus of trilobites found in the Silurian and Devonian formations. {Phacops bufo} is one of the most common species. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Phacops — Phacops, s. Trilobiten …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

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  • Phacops — Taxobox name = Phacops image width = 150px image caption = Phacops stokesi (Edwards), on display at the Natural History Museum, London regnum = Animalia phylum = Arthropoda classis = Trilobita ordo = Phacopida superordo = Phacopina superfamilia …   Wikipedia

  • Phacops bufo — Phacops Pha cops, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? a lentil + ?, ?, the eye.] (Paleon.) A genus of trilobites found in the Silurian and Devonian formations. {Phacops bufo} is one of the most common species. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Phacops rana — Taxobox name = Phacops rana fossil range = Devonian image width = 240px image caption = Phacops rana from New York State, USA (Valdosta 2005) regnum = Animalia phylum = Arthropoda classis = Trilobita ordo = Phacopida superordo = Phacopina… …   Wikipedia

  • phacops — pha·cops …   English syllables

  • phacops — ˈfāˌkäps noun Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from phac + ops : a genus (the type of the family Phacopidae) comprising Silurian and Devonian trilobites with a large rounded glabella and a large pygidium …   Useful english dictionary

  • Nominotypisches Taxon — Als nominotypisches Taxon[1] (früher Nominatform) wird in der zoologischen Nomenklatur ein Taxon bezeichnet, das innerhalb einer nomenklatorischen Ranggruppe durch denselben Typus eines anderen Taxons höheren Ranges definiert ist. Ein Beispiel… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

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