Nephranops

Nephranops; Temporal range: Devonian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	†Artiopoda
Class:	†Trilobita
Order:	†Phacopida
Family:	†Phacopidae
Genus:	†Nephranops; Richter, 1926
Type species
	†Phacops incisus; Roemer, 1866
Other species
	†Nephranops angerae Feist, 2019; †Nephranops dillanus Richter and Richter, 1926; †Nephranops occitanicus Feist, 2019;

Nephranops is an extinct genus of phacopid trilobite that lived during the Famennian stage of the Devonian period. Nephranops is known from Famennian deposits in France, Germany, and Morocco.

Palaeobiology

Nephranops incisus incisus had both a planktonic and a benthic protaspid larval stage, similar to other phacopids. Its ontogeny during the meraspid phase closely resembled that of Phacops and Weyerites.

References

↑ "Nephranops". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 11 August 2026.
↑ Feist, Raimund (21 March 2019). "Post-Kellwasser event recovery and diversification of phacopid trilobites in the early Famennian (Late Devonian)". Bulletin of Geosciences. 94 (1): 1–22.
↑ Crônier, Catherine (July 2007). "LARVAL MORPHOLOGY AND ONTOGENY OF AN UPPER DEVONIAN PHACOPID: NEPHRANOPS FROM THURINGIA, GERMANY". Journal of Paleontology. 81 (4): 684–700. doi:10.1666/pleo0022-3360(2007)081[0684:LMAOOA]2.0.CO;2. ISSN 0022-3360.

[1] "Nephranops". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 11 August 2026.

[2] Feist, Raimund (21 March 2019). "Post-Kellwasser event recovery and diversification of phacopid trilobites in the early Famennian (Late Devonian)". Bulletin of Geosciences. 94 (1): 1–22.

[3] Crônier, Catherine (July 2007). "LARVAL MORPHOLOGY AND ONTOGENY OF AN UPPER DEVONIAN PHACOPID: NEPHRANOPS FROM THURINGIA, GERMANY". Journal of Paleontology. 81 (4): 684–700. doi:10.1666/pleo0022-3360(2007)081[0684:LMAOOA]2.0.CO;2. ISSN 0022-3360.