Phacopida

Walliserops lindoei

Order Phacopida / Suborder Phacopina / Superfamily Acastoidea / Family Acastidae / Subfamily Asteropyginae

Eifelian (Middle Devonian)Morocco
Walliserops lindoei — photo 1
Photo 1 · providing specimens; ops, Greek, eye Compared with the type species: it occurs later; the trident spine has a short, wide shaft, dividing close to the cranidium into three very wide, curved flat spines with the lateral two curved inward. Thoracic axial spines short, of uniform length. Pygidium with 8 spined axial rings. Holotype UA13644 (Morocco; Chatterton et al., 2010)
Classification
Order Phacopida / Suborder Phacopina / Superfamily Acastoidea / Family Acastidae / Subfamily Asteropyginae
Genus
Walliserops Morzadec, 2001
Genus author
Morzadec P.
Genus etymology
O. Walliser, professor at Göttingen University, in gratitude for his research on the Moroccan Devonian and for
Species
W. lindoei Chatterton & Gibb, 2010
Species author
Chatterton B. D. E. & Gibb S.
Species etymology
Lindoe, a surname, Allan Lindoe, thanked for his help in collecting and preparing specimens
Age
Eifelian (Middle Devonian)
Distribution
Morocco