Chelediscus

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, enrolled, from the side

References

Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera (Trilobita entry)". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Archived from the original on 2006-09-05. Retrieved 2008-01-12.

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