Hollardops of Morocco
Order Phacopida
Family Acastidae
Genus Hollardops Morzadec, 1997
Hollardops is one of the most emblematic genera of trilobites from Morocco, being traded for decades. Yet from a taxonomical perspective, it is still remarkably poorly understood.
Family Acastidae
Genus Hollardops Morzadec, 1997
Hollardops is one of the most emblematic genera of trilobites from Morocco, being traded for decades. Yet from a taxonomical perspective, it is still remarkably poorly understood.
Name: Hollardops burtandmimiorum Lieberman & Kloc, 1997
Stratigraphy: El Otfal Formation, upper Emsian
Locality: Jebel Ou Driss
This trilobite was originally described by Liberman & Kloc (1997) as Philipsmithiana burtandmimiae, but has since been assigned to the genus Hollardops.
Stratigraphy: El Otfal Formation, upper Emsian
Locality: Jebel Ou Driss
This trilobite was originally described by Liberman & Kloc (1997) as Philipsmithiana burtandmimiae, but has since been assigned to the genus Hollardops.
Name: "Hollardops mesocristata" (Le Maître, 1952)
Stratigraphy: Timrhanrhart Formation, upper Emsian
Locality: Zguilma
Stratigraphy: Timrhanrhart Formation, upper Emsian
Locality: Zguilma
Name: Hollardops boudibensis Morzadec, 2001
Stratigraphy: El Otfal Formation, upper Emsian
Locality: Tizi N Izari, Jebel Issoumour
Stratigraphy: El Otfal Formation, upper Emsian
Locality: Tizi N Izari, Jebel Issoumour
Selected references
Bignon, A., & Crônier, C. (2014). The systematics and phylogeny of the Devonian subfamily Asteropyginae (Trilobita: Phacopida). Journal of Systematic Palaeontology, 12(6), 637–668. https://doi.org/10.1080/14772019.2013.804008
Chatterton B., Fortey R., Brett K., Gibb S., McKellar R. 2006. Trilobites from the upper Lower to Middle Devonian Timrhanrhart Formation, Jbel Gara el Zguilma, southern Morocco. Paleontographica Canadiana 25, 182pp.
Morzadec, P. (2001). Les trilobites Astropyginae du Dévonien de l’Anti-Atlas (Maroc). Palentographica Abt. A, 262, 53–85.
Bignon, A., & Crônier, C. (2014). The systematics and phylogeny of the Devonian subfamily Asteropyginae (Trilobita: Phacopida). Journal of Systematic Palaeontology, 12(6), 637–668. https://doi.org/10.1080/14772019.2013.804008
Chatterton B., Fortey R., Brett K., Gibb S., McKellar R. 2006. Trilobites from the upper Lower to Middle Devonian Timrhanrhart Formation, Jbel Gara el Zguilma, southern Morocco. Paleontographica Canadiana 25, 182pp.
Morzadec, P. (2001). Les trilobites Astropyginae du Dévonien de l’Anti-Atlas (Maroc). Palentographica Abt. A, 262, 53–85.