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Morocops (Lahnops) steinmeyeri (Basse & Müller, 2016)

Morocops (Lahnops) steinmeyeri (Basse & Müller, 2016)
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Morocops (Lahnops) steinmeyeri (Basse & Müller, 2016)
Morocops (Lahnops) steinmeyeri (Basse & Müller, 2016)
Morocops (Lahnops) steinmeyeri (Basse & Müller, 2016)
Morocops (Lahnops) steinmeyeri (Basse & Müller, 2016)

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This trilobite from the German Devonian is a beautiful and inflated preserved specimen of the species Morocops (Lahnops) steinmeyeri.  The Trilobite itself is about 28 mm wide.

In Basse & Müller, 2016 was this species esablishced still under the Genus Barrandeops. However Barrandeops sensu McKellar & Chatterton, 2009 is a junior synonym of Morocops, Basse 2006.
In the Phacopid paper of Viersen, Holland & Koppka 2017 is the genus Barrandeops officially revised with supportive review commendation provided by Brian Chatterton and Raimund Feist.

BASSE,M. 2006. Eifel-Trilobiten IV. Proetida (3), Phacopida (3).
304 pp. Quelle & Meyer-Verlag, Wiebelsheim.
MCKELLAR, R.C. & CHATTERTON, B.D.E. 2009. Early and Middle
Devonian Phacopidae (Trilobita) of southern Morocco.
Palaeontographica Canadiana 28, 1–109.
VIERSEN, A.P. VAN, HOLLAND, D. & KOPPKA, J. 2017. The phacopine trilobite genera Morocops Basse, 2006 and
Adrisiops gen. nov. from the Devonian of Morocco. Bulletin of Geosciences 92 (1), 13–30
 
 

Location:

Steinsberg Quarry near Gutenacker ,  Germany 
Matrix Size :about 114 x 70 mm
Age:Lower Devonian, Emsian, Rupbachschichten

Shipping time: 3-4 Days
Product no.: 11192
65,00 EUR
7 % VAT incl.


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