Gigoutella

Gigoutella is an extinct genus from a well-known class of fossil marine arthropods, the trilobites. It lived during the Botomian stage,^[1] which lasted from approximately 524 to 518.5 million years ago. This faunal stage was part of the Cambrian Period.

Phylum:Arthropoda

Clade:†Artiopoda

Class:†Trilobita

Order:†Ptychopariida

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Gigoutella Temporal range: Botomian[1]
Gigoutella mauretanica fossil showing ventral structures (previously identified as Xandarella mauretanica)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	†Artiopoda
Class:	†Trilobita
Order:	†Ptychopariida
Family:	†Palaeolenidae
Genus:	†Gigoutella Hupe, 1953[2]
Species
†Gigoutella atlasensis Hupé, 1953 †Gigoutella mauretanica (Ortega-Hernández et al., 2017)

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Study published in 2024 have shown that fossils from Tatelt Formation, Morocco, which was previously identified as Xandarella mauretanica, have exceptionally preserved ventral structures.^[3]