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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Trilobita
Order: Phacopida
Family: Phacopidae
Genus: Chotecops
Species: Chotecops fernandi
Author Citation (Kayser, 1880)
Eon: Phanerozoic
Era: Paleozoic
Period: Devonian
Sub Period: None
Epoch: Early
International Age: Early Emsian
Hunsrück Slate Group
Kaup Formation
Herrenberg Member
Collector: T. Bastelberger
Date Collected: 07/01/1974
Acquired by: Field Collection
Bundenbach, heap pile "Grube Herrenberg"
Rhineland-Palatinate
Germany
Chotecops is the most abundant trilobite in the Hunsrück Slate and due to the excellent preservation, often soft tissue such as antennae and legs have been preserved as a thin sheet of pyrite.
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