07375 - Nicely Preserved 2.14 Inch Hollardops merocristata Middle Devonian Trilobite Goniopygus Bulletin of the American Museum
Yard notes & kiln story
Description
Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 300:1-318
Trilobita - Phacopida - Phacopidae
Precious tooth of Squalicorax pristodontus (Crow Shark) from the phosphate deposits of the Ouled Abdoun Basin (Morocco)
In the same matrix you can see two huge vertebrae of this giant crocodile species
All these teeth have subequal buccal and lingual surfaces (with buccal surfaces slightly more inflated)
07375 - Nicely Preserved 2.14 Inch Hollardops merocristata Middle Devonian Trilobite Goniopygus Bulletin of the American MuseumNicely well preserved and prepared specimen. Nice eyes facets. Hollardops sp, Morzadec 1997 (trilobite) Trilobita Phacopida Acastidae Synonyms: Modellops Lieberman and Kloc 1997 (no. 259054), Philipsmithiana Lieberman and Kloc 1997 (no. 259046) Parent taxon: Acastidae according to P. A. Jell and J. M. Adrain 2002 See also Lieberman and Kloc 1997 Sister taxa: Acastava, Acaste, Acastella, Acastellina, Acastocephala, Acastoides, Acastopyge, Alcaldops,