''Boeckops'' is a genus of
trilobites in the order
Phacopida, which existed in what is now the
Czech Republic. It was described by Chlupac in 1972, and the type species is ''Boeckops boecki'', which was originally described as ''Phacops boecki'' by Hawle and Corda in 1847.
Boeckops is also been discriped from the lower
Devonian
The Devonian ( ) is a geologic period and system of the Paleozoic era, spanning 60.3 million years from the end of the Silurian, million years ago (Mya), to the beginning of the Carboniferous, Mya. It is named after Devon, England, whe ...
of Morocco and Algeria. The Genus Boeckops is interpreted as intermediate from between the traditional genus concept of
Phacops and
Reedops
''Reedops'' is an extinct genus of phacopid trilobite
Trilobites (; meaning "three lobes") are extinct marine arthropods that form the class Trilobita. Trilobites form one of the earliest-known groups of arthropods. The first appearance o ...
. The Genus Boeckops is regarded as problematic or difficult by McKellar et Chatterton 2009.
[Ryan C McKellar, Brian DE Chatterton (2009) Early and Middle Devonian Phacopidae (Trilobita) of southern Morocco. Palaeontographica Canadiana 28: 1-110.]
References
External links
''Boeckops''at the
Paleobiology Database
Fossils of the Czech Republic
Phacopida genera
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