07148 - Top Huge 4.72 Inch Drotops megalomanicus Middle Devonian Trilobite Claw as the Atlantic ocean was

as the Atlantic ocean was widening

Diagnostic features of the genus include its mediolaterally compressed teeth with serrated edges

The exact taxonomic classification is complex given that there are very few published studies that refer to the rests of the Pterosaurs in the North African Upper Cretaceous

This specimen was broken in small sectors during the initial collecting efforts but all parts were put back together and there is no restoration and no fabrication

Its age dates from the Eocene

07148 - Top Huge 4.72 Inch Drotops megalomanicus Middle Devonian Trilobite Claw as the Atlantic ocean wasExtremely huge specimen, well prepared. Its size is enormous. It has tiny restorations made on its shell during its meticulous and long preparation. Nice eyes facets. Drotops is a genus of trilobites from the order Phacopida, family Phacopidae that lived during the Eifelian of the Middle Devonian. It was described by Struve in 1990 under type species Drotops megalomanicus. Their fossils are found in present day Morocco, specifically the Mader Region