Salterolithus

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]

Salterolithus Temporal range: 448–458 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Salterolithus caractaci
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	†Artiopoda
Class:	†Trilobita
Order:	†Asaphida
Family:	†Trinucleidae
Genus:	†Salterolithus Bancroft, 1929

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.