Salterolithus
Extinct genus of trilobites
Salterolithus Temporal range: 448–458 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ | |
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Salterolithus caractaci | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | †Trilobita |
Order: | †Asaphida |
Family: | †Trinucleidae |
Genus: | †Salterolithus Bancroft, 1929 |
Salterolithus is a genus of trilobites of the order Asaphida. It is in the family Trinucleidae and was named after British geologist J.W. Salter.[1]
Fossil specimens have been found in the Upper Ordovician rocks of Wales and central England.
This trilobite was blind but anatomical evidence suggests it sifted organic matter on the seabed.
References
- ^ "Salterolithus UK Trinucleid Trilobite".
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