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Asteropyge sp. A RICHTER R. 1943

Asteropyge  sp. A RICHTER R.  1943
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Asteropyge  sp. A RICHTER R.  1943
Asteropyge  sp. A RICHTER R.  1943
Asteropyge  sp. A RICHTER R.  1943
Asteropyge  sp. A RICHTER R.  1943

Products description

Here is a detailed trilobite of the Genus Asteropyge  from the devonian of Casablanca.
This trilobite was mentioned by Richter, 1943 under open nomenclature as 
Asteropyge sp. A. Today is this trilobite often labeled as “true”  Metacanthina barrandei or even as  “Hollardops barrandei”. The last is defiantly incorrect because Metacanthina barrandei is type species of the  genus  Metacanthina PILLET, 1954. The terminal pygidial spine of this Asteropyge or Hollardops  seems to be to long for the species Metacanthina barrandei (OEHLERT, 1889).
 
 

Location:

Meseta Estde, Casablanca, notrh  Morocco 
Size:about 30 mm long
Age:Lower Devon, Eifilian, "Couvin stage" (about 390 Ma.)

Product no.: 7266