Phacopida

Walliserops tridens

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

Emsian (Early Devonian)Morocco
Walliserops tridens — photo 1
Photo 1 · for providing specimens; ops, Greek, eye McKellar R. Compared with the type species: specimens are smaller; the trident spine has a short, wide shaft, dividing close to the cranidium into three wide flat spines. Holotype UA13451 (Morocco; Chatterton et al., 2006)
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
Species
W. tridens Chatterton, Fortey, Brett, Gibb & Chatterton B. D. E., Fortey R., Brett K., Gibb S. &
Species author
Author McKellar, 2006
Species etymology
Latin combination, tri (three) + dens (tooth), referring to the trident shape of the cephalic protuberance
Age
Emsian (Early Devonian)
Distribution
Morocco