Chelediscus

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Chelediscus Temporal range: Late Botomian PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ ^[1]

a drawing of a cephalon and pygidium of Chelediscus acifer
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Trilobita
Order:	Agnostida
Family:	Weymouthiidae
Genus:	Chelediscus Rushton, 1966
species
C. acifer Rushton, 1966 (type) C. chathamensis Rasetti, 1967

Chelediscus is an extinct genus from a well-known class of fossil marine arthropods, the trilobites. It lived during the later part of the Botomian stage.^[1]

Drawing of Chelediscus acifer, enroled, from the side

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera (Trilobita entry)". Bulletins of American Paleontology 364: p.560. Retrieved 2008-01-12.

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