Selenopeltis
Sign in to saveSelenopeltis () is an extinct genus of odontopleurid trilobites in the family Odontopleuridae.
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Vinony files it under Fezouata Formation fossils, Fossils of the Czech Republic and Letná Formation.
Its subject is documented across 6 Wikipedia language editions.
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- Odontopleuridae
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Selenopeltis () is an extinct genus of odontopleurid trilobites in the family Odontopleuridae.
Species in the genus Selenopeltis can reach a length of and a width of . These trilobites show long pleural spines and were a low-level epifaunal detritivore. They lived in the Ordovician period, from the Lower Arenig stage age until the Ashgillian age (478.6-443.7 million years ago).
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