Gogglops ensifer Siveter et al. 2017 (artiopod)

Artiopoda - Aglaspidida - Aglaspididae

Full reference: D. J. Siveter, R. A. Fortey, X.-J. Zhu and Z.-Y. Zhou. 2017. A three-dimensionally preserved aglaspidid euarthropod with a calcitic cuticle from the Ordovician of China. Geological Magazine 155(7):1427-1441

Belongs to Gogglops according to D. J. Siveter et al. 2017

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: NIGPAS 160534, a cephalon/head. Its type locality is Yt 22-2, which is in a Sandbian sand shoal grainstone in the Yaoxian Formation of China.

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Yt 22-2

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