30512 - Top Huge 5.09 Inch Drotops megalomanicus Middle Devonian Trilobite Caudillaenus trace chlorapatite and pyrrhotite
Yard notes & kiln story
Description
trace chlorapatite and pyrrhotite
It is preserved in exceptional way
White 1926 and Woodward 1889
Physical characteristics: Many small dark brownish fragments without fusion crust
with beautiful orangish hues
30512 - Top Huge 5.09 Inch Drotops megalomanicus Middle Devonian Trilobite Caudillaenus trace chlorapatite and pyrrhotiteBeautiful specimen. Nice eyes facets. Drotops is a genus of trilobites from the order Phacopida, family Phacopidae that lived during the Eifelian of the Middle Devonian. It was described by Struve in 1990 under type species Drotops megalomanicus. Their fossils are found in present day Morocco, specifically the Mader Region located South West of Erfoud. Drotops, Struve 1990 (trilobite) Trilobita Phacopida Parent taxon: Phacopidae according to P. A.