Aegirocassis benmoulae 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

Belongs to Aegirocassis according to P. Van Roy et al. 2015

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: YPM 237172. Its type locality is Tigzigzaouine Hill, which is in a Tremadoc marine horizon in the Fezouata Formation of Morocco.

Ecology: nektonic suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Tigzigzaouine Hill

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