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Morocops of Morocco

Order Phacopida
Family Phacopidae
Genus Morocops

The genus Morocops remains a problematic taxon. It is mostly known from Morocco, with the exception of M. steinmeyeri Basse 2016 from the Emsian of Germany.

Name: Morocops forteyi (McKellar & Chatterton, 2009)
Stratigraphy: Psychopyge couche, upper Emsian
Locality: Bou Dib

Originally assigned to Barrandeops but that genus was synonymised with Morocops.
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Name: Morocops spinifer van Viersen, Holland & Koppka, 2017
Stratigraphy: Khebchia Formation, upper Emsian
Locality: Bou Tserfine

The spiny tubercles of this species are a rare feature amongst phacopid trilobites. Possibly they were used to facilitate digging.
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Name: Morocops torkozensis (Schraut, 2000)
Stratigraphy: Khebchia Formation, upper Emsian
Locality: Torkoz

This species was assigned to Phacops and Barrandeops in the past. It is included in Morocops according to recent insights.
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References
Basse, M., & Müller, P. (2016). Trilobiten aus dem Ober-Emsium und frühen Eifelium der südlichen Lahnmulde (Rupbach-Schiefer, Leun-Schiefer und Ballersbach-Kalk). Abh. Senckenberg Ges. Naturforsch 572.
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.
McKellar, R. C., & Chatterton, B. D. E. (2009). Early and Middle Devonian Phacopidae (Trilobita) of Southern Morocco. Paleontographica Canadiana, 28, 110.
Schraut, G. 2000. Eine neue Unterart von Phacops (Phacops) sparsinodosus Struve 1970 aus dem Mittel-Devon von Marokko. Senckenbergiana lethaea 80, 525–535.
Viersen, A.P. van, Holland, D. & Koppka, J., 2017. The phacopine trilobite genera 
Morocops Basse, 2006 and Adrisiops gen. nov. from the Devonian of Morocco. Bulletin of Geosciences, 92: 13-30.

Viersen, A.P. van & Holland, D., 2016. Morphological trends and new species of 
Cyphaspis (Trilobita, Otarioninae) in the Devonian of Morocco, Turkey, Germany and Belgium. Geologica Belgica, 19: 251-271.


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