08318 - Nicely Preserved 2.50 Inch Hollardops merocristata Middle Devonian Mawsonia slowly drawn during millions of

slowly drawn during millions of years via fossil-diagenetic processes

Photomicrograph showing brown hornblende crystals in a mass of highly sericitized plagioclase with very fine grain size

Anasobella

3 Type spec location: MNB Main mass: Said Yousfi Comments: Submitted by Ansgar Greshake

It only has some glued and tiny filled fractures but no fabrication

08318 - Nicely Preserved 2.50 Inch Hollardops merocristata Middle Devonian Mawsonia slowly drawn during millions ofNicely well preserved and prepared specimen. Nice eyes facets. Hollardops sp, Morzadec 1997 (trilobite) Trilobita Phacopida Acastidae Synonyms: Modellops Lieberman and Kloc 1997 (no. 259054), Philipsmithiana Lieberman and Kloc 1997 (no. 259046) Parent taxon: Acastidae according to P. A. Jell and J. M. Adrain 2002 See also Lieberman and Kloc 1997 Sister taxa: Acastava, Acaste, Acastella, Acastellina, Acastocephala, Acastoides, Acastopyge, Alcaldops,