Redlichiida

Gigoutella mauretanica

Order Redlichiida / Suborder Redlichiina / Superfamily Ellipsocephaloidea / Family Palaeolenidae

Cambrian, Series 2, Stage 4Morocco

Gigoutella mauretanica — photo 1 — Photo 1 · Holotype MHNM-HA-TT-CA-1A (= AY-TA-TB-01) (Morocco; left: specimen in natural colour, Ortega-Hernández et al., 2017; right: micro-CT image, Albani et al., 2024) Figured specimen AY-TA-TB-02, micro-CT image (Morocco; Albani et al., 2024)

Gigoutella mauretanica — photo 2 — Photo 2 · Holotype MHNM-HA-TT-CA-1A (= AY-TA-TB-01) (Morocco; left: specimen in natural colour, Ortega-Hernández et al., 2017; right: micro-CT image, Albani et al., 2024) Figured specimen AY-TA-TB-02, micro-CT image (Morocco; Albani et al., 2024)

Gigoutella mauretanica — photo 3 — Photo 3 · Holotype MHNM-HA-TT-CA-1A (= AY-TA-TB-01) (Morocco; left: specimen in natural colour, Ortega-Hernández et al., 2017; right: micro-CT image, Albani et al., 2024) Figured specimen AY-TA-TB-02, micro-CT image (Morocco; Albani et al., 2024)

Gigoutella mauretanica — photo 4 — Photo 4 · Holotype MHNM-HA-TT-CA-1A (= AY-TA-TB-01) (Morocco; left: specimen in natural colour, Ortega-Hernández et al., 2017; right: micro-CT image, Albani et al., 2024) Figured specimen AY-TA-TB-02, micro-CT image (Morocco; Albani et al., 2024)

Gigoutella mauretanica — photo 5 — Photo 5 · Holotype MHNM-HA-TT-CA-1A (= AY-TA-TB-01) (Morocco; left: specimen in natural colour, Ortega-Hernández et al., 2017; right: micro-CT image, Albani et al., 2024) Figured specimen AY-TA-TB-02, micro-CT image (Morocco; Albani et al., 2024)

Classification

Order Redlichiida / Suborder Redlichiina / Superfamily Ellipsocephaloidea / Family Palaeolenidae

Genus

Gigoutella Hupé, 1953

Genus author

Hup é P.

Genus etymology

Gigout, possibly a surname; -ella, a diminutive suffix

Species

G. mauretanica (Ortega-Hernández, Ortega-Hern á ndez J., Azizi A., Hearing T. W., Harvey T. H.

Species author

Azizi, Hearing, Harvey, Edgecombe, Hafid & El Hariri, 2017) P., Edgecombe G. D., Ahmid Hafid A. & El Hariri K.

Species etymology

Derived from Latin mauretanicus, i. E. Mauretania (an ancient North African kingdom covering present-day northeastern Morocco and western Algeria).

Age

Cambrian, Series 2, Stage 4

Distribution

Morocco

Synonyms

Xandarella mauretanica

Diagnosis

Cranidium nearly square; glabella convex, only one glabellar furrow discernible; preglabellar field absent; anterior border convex; palpebral lobe well developed; eye ridge low; free cheek of moderate width, genal spine of moderate length. Thorax of at least 14 segments; pleural furrows broad and deep, pleural spines short. Pygidium unknown.

Remarks

Possibly a junior synonym of the type species G. atlasensis Hupé, 1953.