Phacopida

Rhinophacops schizoloma

Order Phacopida / Suborder Phacopina / Superfamily Phacopoidea / Family Phacopidae

Emsian (Early Devonian)Inner Mongolia; Japan spine.
Rhinophacops schizoloma — photo 1
Photo 1 · Holotype Tr244 (Inner Mongolia; Zhou et al., 1990) Cephalon specimen (Inner Mongolia; Zhou et al., 1990) Restoration of enrolled form (Zhou et al., 1990) Dorsal and ventral restorations of cephalon and pygidium (Zhou Zhiqiang 1983) Literature specimen (Inner Mongolia; Zhou et Literature specimen (Japan; Kaneko al., 1990) 1990)
Rhinophacops schizoloma — photo 2
Photo 2 · Holotype Tr244 (Inner Mongolia; Zhou et al., 1990) Cephalon specimen (Inner Mongolia; Zhou et al., 1990) Restoration of enrolled form (Zhou et al., 1990) Dorsal and ventral restorations of cephalon and pygidium (Zhou Zhiqiang 1983) Literature specimen (Inner Mongolia; Zhou et Literature specimen (Japan; Kaneko al., 1990) 1990)
Rhinophacops schizoloma — photo 3
Photo 3 · Holotype Tr244 (Inner Mongolia; Zhou et al., 1990) Cephalon specimen (Inner Mongolia; Zhou et al., 1990) Restoration of enrolled form (Zhou et al., 1990) Dorsal and ventral restorations of cephalon and pygidium (Zhou Zhiqiang 1983) Literature specimen (Inner Mongolia; Zhou et Literature specimen (Japan; Kaneko al., 1990) 1990)
Rhinophacops schizoloma — photo 4
Photo 4 · Holotype Tr244 (Inner Mongolia; Zhou et al., 1990) Cephalon specimen (Inner Mongolia; Zhou et al., 1990) Restoration of enrolled form (Zhou et al., 1990) Dorsal and ventral restorations of cephalon and pygidium (Zhou Zhiqiang 1983) Literature specimen (Inner Mongolia; Zhou et Literature specimen (Japan; Kaneko al., 1990) 1990)
Rhinophacops schizoloma — photo 5
Photo 5 · Holotype Tr244 (Inner Mongolia; Zhou et al., 1990) Cephalon specimen (Inner Mongolia; Zhou et al., 1990) Restoration of enrolled form (Zhou et al., 1990) Dorsal and ventral restorations of cephalon and pygidium (Zhou Zhiqiang 1983) Literature specimen (Inner Mongolia; Zhou et Literature specimen (Japan; Kaneko al., 1990) 1990)
Rhinophacops schizoloma — photo 6
Photo 6 · Holotype Tr244 (Inner Mongolia; Zhou et al., 1990) Cephalon specimen (Inner Mongolia; Zhou et al., 1990) Restoration of enrolled form (Zhou et al., 1990) Dorsal and ventral restorations of cephalon and pygidium (Zhou Zhiqiang 1983) Literature specimen (Inner Mongolia; Zhou et Literature specimen (Japan; Kaneko al., 1990) 1990)
Classification
Order Phacopida / Suborder Phacopina / Superfamily Phacopoidea / Family Phacopidae
Genus
Rhinophacops Kaneko, 1990
Genus author
Atsushi Kaneko
Genus etymology
rhin, Greek, horn; Phacops, a trilobite genus name
Species
R. schizoloma (Zhou, 1983)
Species author
Zhou Zhiqiang
Species etymology
schizoloma, split-bordered
Age
Emsian (Early Devonian)
Distribution
Inner Mongolia; Japan spine.
Synonyms
Echinophacops schizoloma
Diagnosis
Cephalon semi-elliptical, surface nodose, border with 17 spine-bud-like cephalic spines; glabella inflated forward, anterior border absent; anterior occipital ring undeveloped; schizochroal eyes composed of 94-96 lenses. Pygidium subtriangular; axis of 10 rings; pleural region with 9 pleural ribs, each extended into a wavy marginal
Remarks
This species is the type species of the genus Rhinophacops.