 Reedops cephalotes hamlagdadianus |
Jens 
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Hi,
after looking at the fine Reedops pembertoni, I looked after own material I stored on my external hard drive. There I found some pictures of Reedops cephalotes hamlagdadianus ALBERTI, 1983, a specimen I prepared years ago and may be known from trilobiten.de.
I took the old pictures and refigure them here in a higher resolution.
The interesting thing is, that my specimen shows also fine prosopon structures at the rostral plate, but when comparing Fred's specimen, clear differences are visible.
Atchana Reedops
The ornamentation of the rostral plate is somewhat different (I think finer) than in Reedops cephalotes hamlagdadianus. A interesting point and a reason to look closer to other Reedops-species for a comparison, may be there are differences at the species level.
Also the morphologic interpretation might be a point of interest. Probably the structures are useful for digging?
The specimen is not self collected, but comes probably from a layer close to the Dicranurus couche from Atchana, Pragian, Morocco.
greetings,
Jens
Jens has attached these images (downsized versions):
   
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23.01.2012 14:50 |
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Fred
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It will be interesting to compare them in hand, side-by-side. The ornamentation is somewhat different but it's subtle. Also, the glabella seems to be protuding further in your specimen.
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23.01.2012 22:25 |
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Jens
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Hi Fred,
yes a comparison with the original material is always helpful, much better than pictures. But unfortunately the specimen is in Greifswald and that is far, far away.
I have another specimen of that species, may be I should prepare it, but there are many other trilobites on the to do list;-)
A characteristic feature of the Reedops cephalotes hamlagdadianus is the protruding front of the glabella, it's unique and you will not find another Reedops with such a long head in Morocco;-)
And the R. c. hamlagdadianus is not small, I'm not sure, but I think the adult size is larger than of the other species.
A difference of the prosopon structure seems, that the pembertoni has developed somewhat stronger visible terrace lines and smaller dots (tubercle). However fine, that we can compare the specimens.
Has someone other Reedops species at hand. Maybe one from Oklahoma? Or the Reedops maurulus??
greetings,
Jens
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24.01.2012 10:58 |
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Fred
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I'll try to make a close up pic of the prosopon one of these days.
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24.01.2012 11:11 |
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Jens
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thanks Fred.
and try to do it with a mm-scale, for size comparison;-)
greetings,
Jens
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24.01.2012 11:22 |
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