Kleptothule

Kleptothule rasmusseni is a small, elongated trilobite, about 3 cm in length, and about 5 to 6 mm in width, from the Sirius Passet Lagerstätte. It is currently placed in the family Nevadiidae, though this may change with further study.

Kleptothule Temporal range: Atdabanian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Kleptothule rasmusseni and Ooedigera
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Trilobita
Order:	Redlichiida
Suborder:	?Olenellina
Superfamily:	?Fallotaspidoidea
Family:	?Nevadiidae
Genus:	Kleptothule
Species:	K. rasmusseni
Binomial name
Kleptothule rasmusseni (Budd, 1995)

Its cephalon is composed of at least five segments, and its elongated thorax is composed of 27+ segments. The 20 or so segments of the pygidium are poorly defined, as they are fused together.^[1]