Odontopleurida

Selenopeltis sp.

Order Odontopleurida / Family Odontopleuridae

Katian (Late Ordovician)Yunnan

Selenopeltis sp. — photo 1 — Photo 1 · (Yunnan; Weidingzhong (Yunnan; Lixia) Guchong)

Selenopeltis sp. — photo 2 — Photo 2 · (Yunnan; Weidingzhong (Yunnan; Lixia) Guchong)

Classification

Order Odontopleurida / Family Odontopleuridae

Genus

Selenopeltis Hawle & Corda, 1847

Genus author

Hawle I. & Corda A. J. C.

Genus etymology

Selen-, Greek, moon; pelt-, Greek, shield

Species

Selenopeltis sp.

Species author

Species etymology

Age

Katian (Late Ordovician)

Distribution

Yunnan

Diagnosis

Compared with the type species Selenopeltis buchii, this species has a distinctly narrower axis relative to the pleurae, longitudinally shorter thoracic segments with less forward-curved pleural ribs; the pygidium is longitudinally longer, subtriangular, with more strongly recurved pygidial pleural ribs and a longer postaxial area.