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Tropidocoryphinae of Morocco

Order Proetida
Family Proetidae
Subfamily Tropidocoryphinae

Subfamily of proetid trilobites, characterized by the presence of a singular or more complex tropidium, a ridge-like feature on the cephalic margin.

Name: Astycoryphe sp. Richter,1919
Stratigraphy: Bou Dib formation, Givetian
Locality: '2cc' couche, Jebel Mrakib

This is a small and rare trilobite from the 'devil-horned cyphaspis' (2cc) couche in Jebel Mrakib (referring to the presence of Cyphaspis walteri). This specimen, most likely an exuvium, is missing both librigenae. Note the single tropidium on the anterior margin in front of the  glabella.
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Name: Tropidocoryphe cf. sculptaridgiata Molinaro,1919
Stratigraphy: El Otfal formation, Eifelian
Locality: Otarionella couche, Jebel Issoumour

Tropidocoryphe with a complex tropidium. T. sculptaridgiata is considered a nomen nudum, as the species has not yet been formally described.
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Selected references
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
Crônier, C., Oudot, M., Klug, C., & De Baets, K. (2018). Trilobites from the red fauna (Latest Emsian, Devonian) of Hamar Laghdad, Morocco and their biodiversity. Neues Jahrbuch Fur Geologie Und Palaontologie - Abhandlungen, 290(1–3), 241–276. https://doi.org/10.1127/njgpa/2018/0781
Feist, R., & Belka, Z. (2018). Late Emsian (Devonian) trilobite communities from the Kess-Kess mounds, Hamar Laghdad (anti-atlas, Morocco). Neues Jahrbuch Fur Geologie Und Palaontologie - Abhandlungen, 290(1–3), 277–290. https://doi.org/10.1127/njgpa/2018/0784
Jell, P. a. (1978). Trilobite respiration and genal caeca. Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology, 2(4), 251–260. https://doi.org/10.1080/03115517808527783
Molinaro, D. (2012). Select Devonian Proetid Trilobites of southern Morocco. University of Alberta. https://doi.org/10.1227/00006123-197907010-00116


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