Viaphacops

Viaphacops
Temporal range: Lochkovian-Givetian
~388–383 Ma
↓
V. multicinctus, derived intact length 45mm,↑lateral, ↓dorsal
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
†Trilobita
Order:
Phacopida
Family:
Phacopidae
Genus:
Viaphacops

Maximova, 1972
species
  • V. pipa Hall and Clarke, 1888 (type species) = Phacops pipa[1]
  • V. bombifrons Hall 1961 = Phacops cristata bombifrons
  • V. cristata Hall, 1861 = Phacops cristata cristata
  • V. multicinctus Pek & Vanek, 1991
  • V. newelli Iwasaki, 2010
  • V. pirovanoi Iwasaki, 2010
  • V. spinoedgecombei Iwasaki, 2010
  • V. venezuelensis Da Gloria Pires de Carvalho & Moody, 2000

Viaphacops is a genus of trilobites in the order Phacopida, family Phacopidae, that lived during the Middle Devonian, and is known from North and South America (Bolivia, Floresta Formation, Altiplano Cundiboyacense, Colombia,[2] and Venezuela), Asia (Central Kazakhstan and Far Eastern Russia).

  1. ^ Da Gloria Pires de Carvalho, Maria; Moody, John (2000). "A Middle Devonian Trilobite Assemblage from Venezuela". American Museum Novitates (292): 1–15. doi:10.1206/0003-0082(2000)292<0001:AMDTAF>2.0.CO;2. S2CID 86112319.
  2. ^ Morzadec et al., 2015, p.342