Aegirocassis Van Roy et al. 2015 (arthropod)

Radiodonta - Hurdiidae

Full reference: P. Van Roy, A. Daley, and D. Briggs. 2015. Anomalocaridid trunk limb homology revealed by a giant filter-feeder with paired flaps. Nature 522 522:77-80

Parent taxon: Hurdiidae according to P. Van Roy et al. 2015

See also Pates et al. 2021

Sister taxa: Buccaspinea, Cambroraster, Cordaticaris, Hurdia, Pahvantia, Peytoia, Schinderhannes, Stanleycaris, Ursulinacaris, Zhenghecaris

Subtaxa: Aegirocassis benmoulae

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Type: Aegirocassis benmoulae

Ecology: nektonic suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Tigzigzaouine Hill (Ordovician of Morocco)

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