30235 - Well Prepared "Flying" 2.98 Inch Morocconites malladoides Middle Devonian Trilobite
30235 - Well Prepared "Flying" 2.98 Inch Morocconites malladoides Middle Devonian Trilobite
Impressive specimen, prepared in an exceptional way. This trilobite has been prepared as free-standing. This type of preparation requires meticulous work of tens of hours. Of course, the cephalic spine during the preparation process has been fractured and glued again, with slight restorations in the fracture zones. A preparation like this without small restorations is impossible.
Parent taxon: Phacopida according to J. J. Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Acastidae, Bathycheilidae, Bavarillidae, Calmoniidae, Calpmenella, Calymenidae, Calymenina, Cheirurina, Dalmanitidae, Diaphanometopidae, Emsurina, Encrinuridae, Eocheiurus, Eodindymene, Fenestraspis, Feruminops, Forillonaria, Foulonia, Frenerinuroides, Furacopyge, Gourdonia, Hapsiceraurus, Heliocephalus, Hexacosta, Homalonotidae, Ibexaspis, Illaenula, Langgoni, Leiostrototropis, Liolophops, Malladaia, Metapliomerops, Mezocrotalus, Mitchellaspis, Nipponocalymene, Pamirotellus, Parachuangia, Pelitlina, Perirehaedulus, Phacopidae, Phacopina, Phalangocephalus, Pharostomatidae, Pilekiidae, Pliomeridae, Podolites, Probolops, Prodontochile, Prosopiscidae, Pterygometopidae, Punillaspis, Rabienops, Radiopyge, Renniella, Reussiana, Rhinophacops, Rhinoreedops, Roncellia, Sambremeusapis, Sanidopyge, Scabrella, Schoharia, Spinodontochile, Teichertops, Toxophacops, Trypaulites, Turcopyge, Typhloiscus, Wallacia
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: Morocco.
Morocconites sp: Fossilworks (Paleobiology Database)