Gog (trilobite)
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''Gog'' is a genus of large, flattened asaphid
trilobite Trilobites (; meaning "three lobes") are extinct marine arthropods that form the class Trilobita. Trilobites form one of the earliest-known groups of arthropods. The first appearance of trilobites in the fossil record defines the base of the At ...
from the Middle
Arenig In geology, the Arenig (or Arenigian) is a time interval during the Ordovician period and also the suite of rocks which were deposited during this interval. History The term was first used by Adam Sedgwick in 1847 with reference to the "Areni ...
-aged Svalbard, Valhallfonna Formation, Olenidsletta, Member, of
Spitzbergen Svalbard ( , ), also known as Spitsbergen, or Spitzbergen, is a Norwegian archipelago in the Arctic Ocean. North of mainland Europe, it is about midway between the northern coast of Norway and the North Pole. The islands of the group range ...
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Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and t ...
(''G. catillus''), and the Upper Arenig-aged Dawan Formation in
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China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...
(''G. yangtzeensis'').Turvey, Samuel T. "Asaphoid trilobites from the Arenig–Llanvirn of the South China plate." Palaeontology 50.2 (2007): 347-39

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Asaphidae Ordovician trilobites Fossils of Norway Fossils of China Fossil taxa described in 1975 Asaphida genera {{ordovician-animal-stub