Morocconus

Morocconus
Temporal range: latest Lower to earliest Middle Cambrian (Cephalopyge-zone)
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Internal moult of Marocconus notabilis, dorsal view, 9 mm
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: †Trilobita (?)
Order: †Agnostida
Family: †Weymouthiidae
Genus: †Morocconus
Özdikmen, 2009[1]
Species:
†M. notabilis
Binomial name
†Morocconus notabilis
(Geyer, 1988)
Synonyms
  • Cephalopyge Geyer 1988, (non Hanel, 1905)[2]
  • Marocconus [3]
  • Cephalopyge notabilis [4]
  • Marocconus notabilis [5]

Morocconus is an extinct genus from a well-known class of fossil marine arthropods, the trilobites. It is still debated if it lived at the very end of the Lower Cambrian or at the very beginning of the Middle Cambrian. Morocconus notabilis is the only known species in this genus (i.e. the genus is monotypic).

  1. ^ Özdikmen, H. (2009). "Nomenclatural changes for twenty trilobites genera". Munis Entomology & Zoology. 4 (1): 155–171.
  2. ^ "PBDB Taxon". Archived from the original on 21 December 2021. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
  3. ^ "Morocconus | BioLib.cz". Retrieved 1 July 2024.
  4. ^ "PBDB Taxon".
  5. ^ "Morocconus notabilis | BioLib.cz". Retrieved 1 July 2024.