description Kayserops Overview
Kayserops is a genus of Devonian proetid trilobites named in honor of the German paleontologist Emanuel Kayser. It is recorded from Middle and Late Devonian marine sediments in Europe and North Africa, including fossil-bearing rocks of Morocco. Kayserops had the schizochroal eyes characteristic of many phacopid trilobites, in which numerous small lenses were set into the visual surface of the compound eye.
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What is Kayserops?
Kayserops is a genus of Devonian proetid trilobites. It is named in honor of the German paleontologist Emanuel Kayser.
Where have Kayserops fossils been found?
Kayserops is recorded from Middle and Late Devonian marine sediments in Europe and North Africa. Moroccan fossil-bearing rocks are among the regions associated with the genus.
What kind of eyes did Kayserops have?
Kayserops had schizochroal eyes, the distinctive eye type associated with many proetid trilobites. These eyes contained numerous separate lenses arranged in a compound structure.
Was Kayserops a Cambrian trilobite?
No. Kayserops was a Devonian trilobite, so it lived far later than Cambrian genera such as Saratogia and Corynexochus. It belonged to the proetid lineage.
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