Gigoutella Hupe 1953 (trilobite)

Trilobita - Redlichiida - Palaeolenidae

Parent taxon: Palaeolenidae according to A. El Albani et al. 2024

See also Jell and Adrain 2002 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Alataurus, Bajangoliaspis, Enammocephalus, Enixus, Ferralsia, Habrocephalus, Megapalaeolenus, Palaeolenella, Palaeolenides, Palaeolenus, Resimopsis, Sibirolenus, Validaspis

Subtaxa: Gigoutella atlasensis Gigoutella mauretanica

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Type: Gigoutella atlasensis

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder

Distribution: found only at East of Ait Youb, Lemdad Syncline (Cambrian of Morocco)

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