Trilobites
Order Phacopida Suborder Phacopina, Superfamily Phacopoidea,
Family Phacopidae
Geologic Age: Middle Devonian
Trilobite is 70 mm long
Aatchana, Morocco
Remarks: A new species as of 2009 (Paleontographica Canadiana, No 28,
2009 pp 53-56) named Phacops araw by Chatterton
et al. The species name derived from the Berber word for ogre,
a reference to the calloused appearance of the glabella as well as
its thick cuticle.
Also see: Moroccan Trilobites
