FB003 Posted November 13, 2021 Share Posted November 13, 2021 Hi all! Have a trilobite here that was a gift. Exact origin unknown but was told it was Moroccan. Everything I look at points towards this being a reedops but I figured since the community is here let's double check and see if I did it correctly as there appear to be a few similar looking species. *Frank* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted November 13, 2021 Share Posted November 13, 2021 Would need clearer pictures of the eye facets to do a count. Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 __________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FB003 Posted November 13, 2021 Author Share Posted November 13, 2021 @Fossildude19 Thanks for taking a look. Seems like its not transferring well to the computer from the phone so I tried my camera and this seems to be the best one I can get without tracking down my macro lens which has been MIA since California a couple years ago. *Frank* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted November 13, 2021 Share Posted November 13, 2021 @piranha @Kane Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 __________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piranha Posted November 13, 2021 Share Posted November 13, 2021 Austerops does appear to have many of the matching key features elaborated upon in McKellar & Chatterton as suggested by Tim in the first reply. @Fossildude19 McKellar, R.C., Chatterton, B.D.E. 2009 Early and Middle Devonian Phacopidae (Trilobita) of Southern Morocco. Palaeontographica Canadiana, 28:1-110 PDF LINK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FB003 Posted November 14, 2021 Author Share Posted November 14, 2021 3 hours ago, piranha said: Austerops does appear to have many of the matching key features elaborated upon in McKellar & Chatterton as suggested by Tim in the first reply. @Fossildude19 McKellar, R.C., Chatterton, B.D.E. 2009 Early and Middle Devonian Phacopidae (Trilobita) of Southern Morocco. Palaeontographica Canadiana, 28:1-110 PDF LINK Thank you @piranha and @Fossildude19 for your help. As always, much appreciated. Learned something new as well. *Frank* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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