Salterolithus

Salterolithus
Temporal range:
Salterolithus caractaci
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: †Artiopoda
Class: †Trilobita
Order: †Asaphida
Family: †Trinucleidae
Genus: †
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

  1. ^ "Salterolithus UK Trinucleid Trilobite".


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