Kainops

Kainops Temporal range: Lochkovian to Pragian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Kainops invius
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	†Trilobita
Order:	†Phacopida
Family:	†Phacopidae
Genus:	†Kainops Ramsköld & Werdelin, 1991
Type species
Paciphacops microps Chatterton, Johnson and Campbell, 1979
Species
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Kainops is a genus of trilobites from the family Phacopidae, order Phacopida.[1] It can be distinguished from Paciphacops by the greater number of facets to the eye (6–8 per row, compared to 3–4 in Paciphacops).[2] The form of the furrow between the palpebral area and the palpebral lobe also distinguishes Kainops from the genera Paciphacops and Viaphacops.[2]

Species included in the genus are:[3][4]

• Kainops chlupaci Budil & Kolář, 2004
• Kainops ekphymus (Jones et al., 1986)
• Kainops guttulus (Campbell 1967)
• Kainops invius (Campbell 1977)
• Kainops microps (Chatterton, Johnson and Campbell, 1979)
• Kainops raymondi (Delo 1935)
• Kainops veles (Chlupac 1972)

References

1. Ryan Christopher McKellar (2006). "Introduction". Select Lower and Middle Devonian Phacopidae (Trilobita) of southern Morocco (Master of Science). University of Alberta. pp. 1–22. ISBN 978-0-494-22319-2.
2. George P. Hansen (2009). "Trilobites". Trilobites of Black Cat Mountain. iUniverse. pp. 154–287. ISBN 978-0-595-52407-5.
3. Malte Christian Ebach (2002). "Lower Devonian trilobites from Cobar, New South Wales" (PDF). Records of the Western Australian Museum. 20: 353–378.
4. Petr Budil & Petr Kolář (2004). "Kainops chlupaci sp. n. from the Lower Devonian (Zlíchovian Stage) of the Prague Basin" (PDF). Journal of the Czech Geological Society. 49: 3–4.