Chelediscus

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

Chelediscus Temporal range: Late Botomian PreꞒ Ꞓ 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

References

1. 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.