21566 - Well Prepared 2.86 Inch Morocconites malladoides Middle Devonian
21566 - Well Prepared 2.86 Inch Morocconites malladoides Middle Devonian
Nicely well preserved and prepared specimen. Rare species. It has tiny restorations made on its shell during its meticulous and long preparation.
Parent taxon: Phacopida according to J. J. Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Acastidae, Bathycheilidae, Bavarillidae, Calmoniidae, Calpmenella, Calymenidae, Calymenina, Cheirurina, Dalmanitidae, Diaphanometopidae, Emsurina, Encrinuridae, Eocheiurus, Eodindymene, Fenestraspis, Feruminops, Forillonaria, Foulonia, Frenerinuroides, Furacopyge, Gourdonia, Hapsiceraurus, Heliocephalus, Hexacosta, Homalonotidae, Ibexaspis, Illaenula, Langgoni, Leiostrototropis, Liolophops, Malladaia, Metapliomerops, Mezocrotalus, Mitchellaspis, Nipponocalymene, Pamirotellus, Parachuangia, Pelitlina, Perirehaedulus, Phacopidae, Phacopina, Phalangocephalus, Pharostomatidae, Pilekiidae, Pliomeridae, Podolites, Probolops, Prodontochile, Prosopiscidae, Pterygometopidae, Punillaspis, Rabienops, Radiopyge, Renniella, Reussiana, Rhinophacops, Rhinoreedops, Roncellia, Sambremeusapis, Sanidopyge, Scabrella, Schoharia, Spinodontochile, Teichertops, Toxophacops, Trypaulites, Turcopyge, Typhloiscus, Wallacia
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: Morocco.
Morocconites sp: Fossilworks (Paleobiology Database)