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 |