Afrops larvifer ("Eye of Africa bearing a mask")[1] is a phacopid trilobite which lived in a marine environment during the Pragian stage in what is now southwestern Algeria.[1] The holotype and only known specimen is an incomplete cephalon that was described by G. Alberti in 1983.[2]
| Afrops Temporal range: Pragian
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| Genus: | Afrops
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| Species: | A. larvifer
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| Afrops larvifer Alberti, 1983[1]
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References
edit- ^ a b c ALBERTI, G. K. B. 1983. Trilobiten des jüngeren Siluriums sowie des Unterund Mittel-Devons IV. Senckenbergiana lethaea, 64
- ^ Available Generic Names for Trilobites P.A. Jell and J.M. Adrain.
External links
edit- Afrops at the Paleobiology Database
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