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Gigantopygus

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Order
  
Redlichiida

Superfamily
  
Redlichioidea

Rank
  
Genus

Class
  
Trilobita

Suborder
  
Redlichiina

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Family
  
Gigantopygidae Harrington, 1959

Similar
  
Delgadella, Daguinaspis, Styginidae, Acastoidea, Olenellina

Gigantopygus is an extinct genus of redlichiid trilobites. It lived during the early part of the Botomian stage, a faunal stage during the Early Cambrian, which lasted from approximately 524 to 518.5 million years ago. Fossils are found in Morocco and Spain

References

Gigantopygus Wikipedia