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]
| Kainops Temporal range:
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| Kainops invius | |
Scientific classification 
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| 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
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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 edit
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b George P. Hansen (2009). "Trilobites". Trilobites of Black Cat Mountain. iUniverse. pp. 154–287. ISBN 978-0-595-52407-5.
- ^ Malte Christian Ebach (2002). "Lower Devonian trilobites from Cobar, New South Wales" (PDF). Records of the Western Australian Museum. 20: 353–378.
- ^ 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.
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