Trilobites
Order Phacopida Suborder Phacopina, Superfamily
Phacopoidea, Family
Phacopidae
Geologic Age: Devonian
Trilobite is 98 mm long
Madene El Mrakib, Ma’der Region, Erfoud, Morocco
Remarks: This predator species is found at nearly twice this size.
This one sports more than 100 spines, some as much as 12 mm long. What
a mouthful it would have been for some unfortunate Devonian fish.
Also see: Moroccan Trilobites Drotops megalomanicus
