Aegrotocatellus

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Aegrotocatellus

Adrain & Edgecombe, 1995
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Aegrotocatellus jaggeri
Adrain & Edgecome, 1995

Aegrotocatellus is a genus of trilobite in the order Phacopida, which existed in what is now Nunavut, Canada. It was named by Adrain and Edgecombe in 1995, and the type species is Aegrotocatellus jaggeri, [1] a species named after British musician Mick Jagger. [2] [3]

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