Moroccan Trilobites

Once famously known for its fake trilobite cottage industry, Morocco has become a premier trilobite source, with a wide variety of trilobite fossil sites yielding an astonishing diversity, especially across the Cambrian, Ordovician and Devonian periods. The new millennium has witnessed an influx of trilobite workers, describing enormous new species. Additionally, electricity was brought to trilobite localities, enabling truly professional preparation to be performed for reasonable cost. The Devonian trilobites particularly that occur is very hard limestone are preserved in amazing three dimensionality, enabling preparation in life-like poses. Fakery has not disappeared, but has been vastly diminished, since authentic specimens are readily available, and affordably prepared. Morocco has become a trilobite collector’s paradise, which many collectors now visit along with researchers.

Trilobite Fossils from Morocco
Declivolithus alfredi Late Ordovician Order Asaphida Family Trinucleidae Tinjdad, Morocco	Crotalocephalus Middle Devonian Order Phacopida Family Cheiruridae Alnif, Morocco	Onnia superba   Ordovician Order Asaphida Family Trinucleidae Blekos, Morocco	Proceratocephala sp Ordovician Family Odontopleuridae Tazzarine, Morocco
Drotops armatus forma armatus Devonian Family Phacopidae Erfoud, Morocco	Kingaspis sp Lower Cambrian Family Ellipsocephalidae Taroudant, Morocco	Rare Solenopleurina cf tyrovicensis Lower Cambrian Family Solenopleuridae Jebel Ougnat, Morocco	Fallotaspis typical  Early Cambrian  Family Fallotaspidae  Zagora, Morocco
Dimuproetus Devonian Order Proetida Alnif, Morocco	Ourikaia calva Cambrian Family Ellipsocephalidae Zagora, Morocco	Proetus tuberculatus morocensis Devonian Order Proetida Family Proetidae Foum Ziguid, Morocco	Hamatolenus staminops Cambrian Family Ellipsocephalidae KJbel Wawrmast Formation, Morocco
Quadrops flexuosa Devonian Order Phacopida Family Acastidae Ofaten, Morocco	Platyscutellum Trilobite Devonian Order Corynexochida Family Styginidae Laghdad, Morocco	Paralejurus hamlagdadicus Devonian Order Corynexochida Family Styginidae Laatchana, Morocco	Four Horned Cyphaspis Devonian Order Proetida Family Proetidae Jebel el, Morocco
Cyphaspides sp Devonian Order Proetida Family Aulacopleuridae Jorf, Morocco	Acadoaradoxides nobilis Early Cambrian Order Redlichiida Family Paradoxididae Mecissi, Morocco	Scabriscutellum furciferum Devonian Order Corynexochida Family Thysanopeltidae Alnif, Morocco	Drotops megalomanicus Devonian Order Phacopida Family Phacopidae Alnif, Morocco
Aristoharpes sp Devonian Order Harpetida Family Harpetidae Boudib, Morocco	Spinodontochile spinifer Devonian Order Phacopida Family Dalmanitidae Alnif, Morocco	Eccoptochile mariana Ordovician Order Phacopida Family Cheiruridae Zagora, Morocco	Ceratonurus sp Devonian Family Odontopleuridae Foum Ziguid, Morocco
Pradoella tazzarinensis Ordovician Order Phacopida Family Calymenidae Draa Valley, Morocco	Harpides sp Ordovician Order Harpetida Family Harpetidae Fezouata Formation, Morocco	Trincleioidea indet Late Cambrian to Early Ordovician Order Asaphida Family Uncertain Jebel Saghrou, Morocco	Asaphellus sp Middle Ordovician Order Asaphida Family Asaphidae Zagora, Morocco
Delocare rostrata Devonian Order Phacopida Subfamily Asteropyginae Mrakib, Morocco	Dactylocephalus Trilobite Ordovician Order Asaphida Family Hungaiidae Fezouata, Morocco	Phacops araw Devonian Order Phacopida Family Phacopidae Aatchana, Morocco	Walliserops hammi Devonian Order Phacopida Family Acastidae Ziguilma, Morocco
Acastoides zguilmensis Devonian Order Phacopida Family Acastidae Foum Ziguid, Morocco	Kayserops new species Devonian Order Phacopida Subfamily Asteropyginae Oued Ghris, Morocco	Chlustinia keyserlingi Ordovician Order Lichida Family Odontopleuridae Tazzarine, Morocco	Stygina sp Ordovician Order Corynexochida Family Styginidae El Kaid Errami, Morocco
Struveaspis sp Devonian Order Phacopida Family Phacopidae TaFrawte, Morocco	Selenopeltis macrophthalma Ordovician Order Odontopleurida Family Odontopleuridae Fezouata Formation, Morocco	Termierella sp Lower Cambrian Order Ptychopariida Family Ellipsocephalidae Jebel Ougnat, Morocco	Blind Gerastos  Devonian Order Proetida Family Proetidae Jorf, Morocco
Gerastos with Reduced Eyes  Devonian Order Proetida Family Proetidae Jorf, Morocco	Eocryphops sp with Reduced Eyes Devonian Order Phacopida Family Phacopidae Jorf, Morocco	Actinopeltis Trilobite and Brittle Star Ordovician Order Phacopid Family Cheiruridae El Kaid Errami, Morocco	Hamatolenus vincenti Cambrian Order Ptychopariida Family Ellipsocephalidae KJbel Wawrmast Formation, Morocco
Dalmanitina proeva Ordovician Order Phacopida Family Dalmanitidae Ktoua Formation, Morocco	Basseiarges mellishae Devonian Order Lichida Family Lichidae Jorf, Morocco	Dicranurus monstrosus Devonian Order Odontopleurida Family Odontopleuridae Aatchana, Morocco	Mucronaspis zagoraensis Devonian Order Phacopida Family Dalmanitidae Boutschrafin, Morocco
Kingaspidoides laetus Early Cambrian Order Ptychopariida Family Ellipsocephalidae KJbel Wawrmast Formation, Morocco	Coltraenia oufatenensis Devonian Order Phacopida Family Acastidae Oufaten, Morocco	Nankinolithis sp Ordovician Order Asaphida Family Trinucleidae El Kaid Errami, Morocco