Trilobite fossil, Hollardops mesocristata (Le Maître, 1952)c300 myo North Africa

This trilobite is a good size with nice segmented detail with a clear cut professional preparation. Hallardops is a genus of Trilobite in the order Phacopida that lived during the Eifelian of the Middle Devonian between 393-382 million years ago. These types of trilobites and some of the best preserved are commonly found at the Anti-atlas mountains of Djebel Issoumour area, Morocco. Trilobites were a species of sea creatures that forreged on the bottom of the oceans, becoming extinct approx 250 million years ago.

Name meaning- 3 lobed

Group- Anthropod

Class- Trilobita

Habitat- Trilobites inhabited all depths of the sea depending on species.

Period- Spanning the Cambrian to the Permian. (521-252 million years ago)

Length- ranges between 1mm to 72cm

Predators- Large invertebrates such as Nautiloids, Predatory worms, sea scorpions and Crusraeceans.

Food- aquatic worms, plankton and possibly algae.