Selenopeltis

Selenopeltis
Temporal range: Ordovician
Solenopeltis buchi buchi from Czech Republic at the National Museum (Prague)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Trilobita
Order: Odontopleurida
Family: Odontopleuridae
Genus: Selenopeltis
Hawle and Corda 1847

Selenopeltis is an extinct genus of odontopleurid trilobite in the family Odontopleuridae.

Species in the genus Selenopeltis can reach a length of 115–160 millimetres (4.5–6.3 in) and a width of 115–130 millimetres (4.5–5.1 in). These trilobites show long pleural spines and were a low-level epifaunal detritivore. They lived in the Ordovician period, from the Lower Arenig stage age until the Ashgillian age (478.6-443.7 million years ago).

Distribution

Ordovician of the Czech Republic, France, Morocco, Portugal, Spain, the United Kingdom; Arenig of France, the United Kingdom.

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