Phacopida

Drotops megalomanicus

Order Phacopida / Suborder Phacopina / Superfamily Phacopoidea / Family Phacopidae

Eifelian (Middle Devonian)Morocco

Drotops megalomanicus — photo 1 — Photo 1 · megalo-, Greek, megalos, large; manicus, Greek, manikos, mad, furious. Named for the extraordinary size it attains Holotype SMF49340 (Morocco; Struve 1995) (Morocco; Struve 1995)

Drotops megalomanicus — photo 2 — Photo 2 · megalo-, Greek, megalos, large; manicus, Greek, manikos, mad, furious. Named for the extraordinary size it attains Holotype SMF49340 (Morocco; Struve 1995) (Morocco; Struve 1995)

Classification

Order Phacopida / Suborder Phacopina / Superfamily Phacopoidea / Family Phacopidae

Genus

Drotops Struve, 1990

Genus author

Struve W.

Genus etymology

Drot, in memory of Jeannine Drot; ops, Greek, eye

Species

D. megalomanicus Struve, 1990

Species author

Struve W.

Species etymology

as a member of the Phacopinae; the name refers to its remarkable body size.

Age

Eifelian (Middle Devonian)

Distribution

Morocco

Synonyms

Phacops (Drotops) megalomanicus

Diagnosis

A large phacopid, up to 17 cm long. Glabella densely covered with large nodes; compound eyes large, 18 rows of lenses, up to 6 per row. Thorax of 11 segments; axis slightly narrower than pleurae, densely nodose; pleurae with smaller nodes. Pygidium smaller than the cephalon, densely nodose; axis with about 10 rings.

Remarks

This species is the type species of the genus Drotops and is of enormous size.