Ludwigia Posted December 12, 2020 Share Posted December 12, 2020 I just acquired this trilobite over an internet auction house. The seller could give me absolutely no information about it, but I'm pretty sure that this is a Hollardops mesocristata from the late Emsian, Middle Devon. I would just like to ask the experts here on this subject if I am correct in my assumption and if they perhaps might be able to suggest its provenance. It's 6cm. long. 1 Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piranha Posted December 12, 2020 Share Posted December 12, 2020 Looks like a good match. Here are the figures from Morzadec 2001: Morzadec, P. 2001 Les Trilobites Asteropyginae du Dévonien de l'Anti-Atlas (Maroc). [Asteropyginae Trilobites from the Devonian of the Anti-Atlas (Morocco).] Palaeontographica Abt. A 262:53-85 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted December 12, 2020 Author Share Posted December 12, 2020 Thanks for the quick reply, Scott Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piranha Posted March 21, 2021 Share Posted March 21, 2021 Another taxonomic update to report: Hollardops mesocristatus replaces H. mesocristata "According to the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (article 30.1.4.3) a compound genus-group name ending in “-ops” is to be treated as masculine, regardless of its derivation or of its treatment by its author. Consequently, we change the names Quadrops flexuosa and Hollardops mesocristata into Q. flexuosus and H. mesocristatus, respectively." Van Viersen, A., Holland, D., Koppka, J. 2017 The Phacopine Trilobite Genera Morocops Basse, 2006 and Adrisiops gen. nov. from the Devonian of Morocco. Czech Geological Survey, Bulletin of Geosciences, 92(1):13-30 PDF LINK 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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