Chotecops

Chotecops
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Trilobita
Superorder:	Phacopina
Order:	Phacopida
Superfamily:	Phacopoidea
Family:	Phacopidae
Genus:	Chotecops
Species
See text.

Chotecops is a genus of trilobites from the order Phacopida, suborder Phacopina, family Phacopidae. This genus is from the Devonian and can be found in Germany usually in pyrite. They are often mistaken as Phacops. It is not uncommon to find this genus preserved with limbs. The genus was first discovered in 1967 by professor Charles Kazzam^{[citation needed]}

Some Known Species and Locations.

• Chotecops ferdinandi, Hunsrück Germany.
• Chotecops opitzi, Hunsrück Germany.