Eophacops

{{short description|Genus of trilobites}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| fossil_range = {{fossil range|Ordovician|Silurian}}

| taxon = Eophacops

| authority = Delo, 1935

| synonyms = Pterygometopidella

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision =

{{species list

|E. handwerki|(Weller, 1907) (type) = Phacops handwerki{{cite book|last= Moore|first= R.C.|year= 1959|title= Arthropoda I - Arthropoda General Features, Proarthropoda, Euarthropoda General Features, Trilobitomorpha|publisher= Geological Society of America/University of Kansas Press|series= Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology|volume= Part O.|pages=1–560|location= Boulder, Colorado/Lawrence, Kansas|isbn= 0-8137-3015-5}}{{cite journal|last1= Ramskjöld|first1= L.|last2= Werdelin|first2= L.|year= 1991|title= The phylogeny and evolution of some phacopid trilobites|journal= Cladistics|volume= 7|pages= 29–74|doi=10.1111/j.1096-0031.1991.tb00021.x|doi-access= free}}

|E. aratroideus|Ramsköld, 1985

|E. bulliceps|(Barrande, 1846) = Phacops bulliceps

|E. fontanus|Holloway, 1980

|E. helmuti|Männing, 1987

|E. lauensis|Ramsköld, 1985

|E. mancus|(Foerste, 1919) = Phacops mancus

|E. matheri|Delo, 1940

|E. musheni|(Salter, 1864) = Phacops musheni

|E. serotinus|Männing, 1987

|E. sprogensis|Ramsköld, 1985

|E. trapeziceps|(Barrande, 1846) = Phacops trapeziceps, P. cultifrons

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Eophacops is a genus of trilobites from the order Phacopida, family Phacopidae. These trilobites lived during the Middle Silurian in what are now North America and North-West Europe. Species assigned to this genus can be distinguished from Phacops by their small size (2–3 cm). Eophacops has very large eyes compared to the rest of its body.