Chelediscus
| Chelediscus Temporal range: Late Botomian | |
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| a drawing of a cephalon and pygidium of Chelediscus acifer | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Trilobita |
| Order: | Agnostida |
| Family: | Weymouthiidae |
| Genus: | Chelediscus Rushton, 1966 |
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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 2 Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera (Trilobita entry)". Bulletins of American Paleontology 364: 560. Retrieved 2008-01-12.
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