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Ogyginus

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Ogyginus
Temporal range: Ordovician
Ogyginus corndensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Trilobita
Order: Asaphida
Family: Asaphidae
Genus: Ogyginus
Raymond, 1912
Species
  • O. corndensis

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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