Morocops

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Morocops
Temporal range: Eifelian, Middle Devonian
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Morocops fossil
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
†Trilobita
Order:
† Phacopida
Family:
† Phacopidae
Genus:
†Morocops

Basse 2006, [1] Mckeller & Chatterton 2009 [2]
Species
  • †Morocops granulopsMcKellar & Chatterton, 2009 [2]
  • †Morocops ovatusMcKellar & Chatterton, 2009 [2]

Morocops is a phacopid trilobite in the family Phacopidae. They were previously [3] considered part of the Phacops genus, but were later [1] [2] reclassified as their own genus.

Like many trilobites of the family Phacopidae they occur throughout the Middle Devonian strata of southern Morocco, what then would have been part of the northern coast of the super continent of Gondwana.

The genus includes Morocops granulops and Morocops ovatus, which are primarily distinguished by the structure of their eyes [2]

References

  1. 1 2 Basse, Martin (Dec 2006). Eifel Trilobites vol. 4: Proetida 3, Phacopida 3. Goldschneck Verlag. ISBN   9783494014111.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 McKeller, Ryan; Chatterton, Brian (2009). "Early and Middle Devonian Phacopidae (Trilobita) of southern Morocco". Palaeontographica Canadiana. 28. doi:10.7934/P2702.
  3. ↑ Schraut, Gunnar (March 2000). "Trilobites from the Lower Devonian of the south-eastern Anti-Atlas System, South Morocco". Senckenbergiana Lethaea. 79. doi:10.1007/bf03043648.
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