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Selenopeltis

SELENOPELTIS This trilobite has a wide external skeleton, with the head and tail sections short in relation to the thorax. The wide glabella has complex furrows and an inflated central lobe. The genal spines are very long, and the pleural tips of each thoracic segment are prolonged into great spines, which project backward. One similar pair of spines is found on the tail shield. Habitat: Selenopeltis is thought to have floated freely in ocean waters.
© 1992 Cyril Walker, David Ward .