Gerastos is a genus of proetid trilobite in the family Proetidae that lived between the Pragian and Eifelian of the Lower-Middle Devonian, spanning approximately 21 million years.[2]

Gerastos
Temporal range: Early-Middle Devonian
Gerastos tuberculatus from Morocco
Gerastos sp. from Morocco
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Trilobita
Order: Proetida
Family: Proetidae
Genus: Gerastos
Goldfuss, 1843
Species
  • G. granulosus Goldfuss, 1843
  • G. kesselaeri Van Viersen, Taghon & Magrean, 2019[1]
  • G. silvicultrix Van Viersen, Taghon & Magrean, 2019[1]
  • G. tuberculatus marocensis Chatterton et al., 2006

It was described by Goldfuss in 1843.[2]

Distribution

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Gerastos has been found in the Devonian of Belgium, Germany, the Czech Republic and Morocco.[2]

Description

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Gerastos has holochroal eyes situated to the side of its enlarged glabella region of the cephalon. The surface of the cephalon can be smooth or covered with pustules.[3][4]

Length rarely exceeds 3 cm.[citation needed]

References

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  1. ^ a b Allart P. van Viersen; Peter Taghon; Benedikt Magrean (2019). "Early Middle Devonian trilobites and events in the Nismes – Vireux-Molhain area, southern border of the Dinant Synclinorium (Belgium, northern France)". Geologica Belgica. 22 (1–2): 7–33. doi:10.20341/gb.2019.001.
  2. ^ a b c "Fossilworks: Hollardops". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  3. ^ Van Viersen, Allart; Prescher, Harald (2008-10-31). "Devonian Proetidae (Trilobita) from the Ardennes Massif (Belgium, N France) and the Eifel Hills (W Germany)". Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, Sciences de la Terre. 78: 9–29.
  4. ^ Gibb, Stacey; Chatterton, Brian (2010-01-01). "Gerastos (Order Proetida; Class Trilobita) from the Lower to Middle Devonian of the southern Moroccan Anti-Atlas region". Palaeontographica Canadiana. 29: 1–89.