Drotops megalomanicus

Drotops megalomanicus (megalomanicus from the Greek "μεγαλο": megalo-, meaning large or great, and "μανία": mania, meaning madness, frenzy) is a species of trilobite from the order Phacopida that lived in the Devonian Period. It is found in Jbel Issoumour, Morocco. It has fairly large schizochroal eyes which were mounted on turret-like structures that gave the animal a near 360-degree field of view. As with many other trilobites, it had the habit of rolling up into a ball to protect itself from the predators with its hard exoskeleton. Drotops can reach lengths of 8 inches (~200 mm).