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Aegirocassis
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Aegirocassis

Aegirocassis benmoulai

Era: OrdovicianDiet: Carnivorous

Aegirocassis (″Aegir's helmet″) is an extinct genus of giant radiodont arthropod belonging to the family Hurdiidae that lived 480 million years ago during the early Ordovician in the Fezouata Formation of Morocco. It is known by a single species, Aegirocassis benmoulai