Ogyginus

Ogyginus
Temporal range: 488–443 Ma

Ordovician

Ogyginus corndensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Trilobita
Order: Asaphida
Family: Asaphoidea
Genus: Asaphidae
Species
  • O. corndensis
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Ogyginus (Raymond, 1912) is an extinct genus of asaphid trilobite 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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