30668 - Well Preserved 2.68 Inch Reedops sp Lower Devonian Trilobite
30668 - Well Preserved 2.68 Inch Reedops sp Lower Devonian Trilobite 30668 - Well Preserved 2.68 Inch Reedops sp Lower Devonian Trilobite 30668 - Well Preserved 2.68 Inch Reedops sp Lower Devonian Trilobite 30668 - Well Preserved 2.68 Inch Reedops sp Lower Devonian Trilobite 30668 - Well Preserved 2.68 Inch Reedops sp Lower Devonian Trilobite 30668 - Well Preserved 2.68 Inch Reedops sp Lower Devonian Trilobite 30668 - Well Preserved 2.68 Inch Reedops sp Lower Devonian Trilobite

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30668 - Well Preserved 2.68 Inch Reedops sp Lower Devonian Trilobite

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Species
Reedops sp, Richter and Richter (1925) - Trilobite
Age
Lower Devonian (~410 Million Years)
Location
Foum Zguid, South Morocco
Formation
Foum Zguid Lower Devonian Outcrops
Size
68 mm   •    in
Weight
261 g   •    oz
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Description
Reedops sp, Richter and Richter 1925 (trilobite)
Trilobita - Phacopida - Phacopidae


Parent taxon: Phacopidae according to P. A. Jell and J. M. Adrain 2002

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Acernaspis, Acuticryphops, Adastocephalum, Afrops, Altaesajania, Ananaspis, Babinops, Boeckops, Burtonops, Chotecops, Cordapeltis, Cryphops, Denckmannites, Dianops, Dienstina, Drotops, Ductina, Echinophacops, Eldredgeops, Eocryphops, Eophacops, Geesops, Kainops, Lochkovella, Nephranops, Nyterops, Omegops, Paciphacops, Pedinopariops, Phacopidella, Phacopinae, Phacops, Plagiolaria, Sambremeusaspis, Signatops, Struveaspis, Trimerocephalus, Zaplaops

Subtaxa: Reedops struveianus

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Environments: marine, deep subtidal, reef, buildup or bioherm, deep subtidal shelf, carbonate, offshore, shallow subtidal, deep subtidal ramp, basinal (siliceous), offshore shelf.

Age range: 418.7 to 402.5 Ma

Distribution:

• Devonian of Algeria , Canada  Ontario), the Czech Republic, Kyrgyzstan, Morocco, United States (Oklahoma)

• Silurian to Devonian of China, United States (Oklahoma)

• Silurian of Australia

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