Salterolithus
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| Salterolithus Temporal range: | |
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| Salterolithus caractaci | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | †Artiopoda |
| 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.
