Drotops megalomanicus
| Drotops megalomanicus Temporal range: Lower Devonian | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Trilobita |
| Order: | Phacopida |
| Family: | Phacopidae |
| Genus: | Drotops |
| Species: | D. megalomanicus |
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| Drotops megalomanicus Struve, 1990 | |
Drotops megalomanicus (megalomanicus from the Greek "μεγαλο": megalo-, meaning large or great, and "μανία": mania, meaning madness, frenzy) is a species of trilobite from the order Phacopida that lived in the Devonian Period.[1] It is found in Jbel Issoumour, Morocco. It has fairly large schizochroal eyes which were mounted on turret-like structures that gave the animal a near 360-degree field of view. As with many other trilobites, it had the habit of rolling up into a ball to protect itself from the predators with its hard exoskeleton. Drotops can reach lengths of 8 inches (~200 mm).
D. megalomanicus prepared by Fossil Shack
D. megalomanicus prepared by Fossil Shack
D. megalomanicus prepared by Fossil Shack
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References
- ↑ Enrico Bonino & Carlo Kier (2010). The Back to the Past Museum Guide to Trilobites (PDF). translator: Wendell Ricketts. Back to the Past Museum.
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