Ogyginus

Ogyginus
Temporal range: 488–443 Ma

Ordovician

Ogyginus corndensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Trilobita
Order: Asaphida
Superfamily: Asaphoidea
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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