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Ogyginus

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Trilobita

Superfamily
  
Asaphoidea

Rank
  
Genus

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Asaphida

Family
  
Asaphidae

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Similar
  
Ogygiocarella, Placoparia, Cnemidopyge, Ectillaenus, Pseudogygites

Ogyginus is an extinct genus of asaphid trilobites that lived during the Ordovician period. Commonly found in Wales. The type specimen was first described by Murchison in 1839 as Asaphus corndensis, though the species was later reassigned.

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Ogyginus Wikipedia