Gigantopygus

Phylum:Arthropoda

Clade:†Artiopoda

Class:†Trilobita

Order:†Redlichiida

Gigantopygus Temporal range: Early Botomian[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	†Artiopoda
Class:	†Trilobita
Order:	†Redlichiida
Family:	†Gigantopygidae
Genus:	†Gigantopygus Hupé, 1953
Type species
Gigantopygus papillatus
Species
Gigantopygus angustalatus Hupé, 1954 Gigantopygus papillatus Hupé, 1953 Gigantopygus bondoni Hupé, 1954

Gigantopygus is an extinct genus of redlichiid trilobites. It lived during the early part of the Botomian stage, a faunal stage during the Early Cambrian,^[1] which lasted from approximately 524 to 518.5 million years ago. Fossils are found in Morocco and Spain