07154 - Nicely Preserved 2.60 Inch Hollardops merocristata Middle Devonian Trilobite
07154 - Nicely Preserved 2.60 Inch Hollardops merocristata Middle Devonian Trilobite 07154 - Nicely Preserved 2.60 Inch Hollardops merocristata Middle Devonian Trilobite 07154 - Nicely Preserved 2.60 Inch Hollardops merocristata Middle Devonian Trilobite 07154 - Nicely Preserved 2.60 Inch Hollardops merocristata Middle Devonian Trilobite 07154 - Nicely Preserved 2.60 Inch Hollardops merocristata Middle Devonian Trilobite 07154 - Nicely Preserved 2.60 Inch Hollardops merocristata Middle Devonian Trilobite 07154 - Nicely Preserved 2.60 Inch Hollardops merocristata Middle Devonian Trilobite 07154 - Nicely Preserved 2.60 Inch Hollardops merocristata Middle Devonian Trilobite 07154 - Nicely Preserved 2.60 Inch Hollardops merocristata Middle Devonian Trilobite 07154 - Nicely Preserved 2.60 Inch Hollardops merocristata Middle Devonian Trilobite

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07154 - Nicely Preserved 2.60 Inch Hollardops merocristata Middle Devonian Trilobite

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Species
Hollardops merocristata, Le maitrê (1952) - Trilobite
Age
Middle Devonian (~400 Million Years)
Location
Tafilalt, South Morocco
Formation
Amerboh Fm
Size
66 mm   •    in
Weight
379 g   •    oz
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Description

Nicely well preserved and prepared specimen. Nice eyes facets. 

Hollardops sp, Morzadec 1997 (trilobite)
Trilobita - Phacopida - Acastidae

Synonyms: Modellops Lieberman and Kloc 1997 (no. 259054), Philipsmithiana Lieberman and Kloc 1997 (no. 259046)

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

See also Lieberman and Kloc 1997

Sister taxa: Acastava, Acaste, Acastella, Acastellina, Acastocephala, Acastoides, Acastopyge, Alcaldops, Armorigreenops, Asteropyge, Asteropyginae, Baniaspis, Bellacartwrightia, Bradocryphaeus, Braunops, Breizhops, Centauropyge, Chimaerastella, Coltraneia, Comura, Cryphina, Delocare, Deloops, Echinopyge, Greenops, Hallandclarkeops, Harringtonacaste, Heliopyge, Kayserops, Kennacryphaeus, Kloucekia, Llandovacaste, Metacanthina, Mimocryphaeus, Neocalmonia, Neometacanthus, Paracryphaeus, Phacopidina, Pilletina, Protacanthina, Pseudocryphaeus, Psychopyge, Scotiella, Sokhretia, Stummiana, Tolkienia, Treveropyge, Walliserops

Subtaxa: Hollardops aithassainorum

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Environments: deep subtidal, shallow subtidal.

Age range: 402.5 to 391.9 Ma

Distribution:
• Devonian of Morocco 
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