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Cyphaspis
Cyphaspis is a Devonian trilobite genus in the proetid family Otarionidae. It is recognized by pedunculate eyes and spiny, granulate ornamentation, features that give many specimens a strongly textured appearance. The genus was described by Frederick McCoy in 1849 and is especially familiar in discussions of Devonian proetid trilobites, including material from Morocco. It is suited to collectors a...
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Morocops
Morocops is an extinct genus of phacopid trilobites known from Devonian rocks in Morocco, including the Anti-Atlas region. It belongs to Phacopidae, a family of trilobites recognized for compound eyes built from many large visual lenses and for a distinct cephalon, thorax, and pygidium. Morocops is therefore of interest primarily as a Moroccan Devonian fossil taxon rather than as a living animal.
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