Chelediscus

Chelediscus Temporal range: Late Botomian PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
a drawing of a cephalon and pygidium of Chelediscus acifer
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Trilobita
Order:	Agnostida
Family:	Weymouthiidae
Genus:	Chelediscus Rushton, 1966
species
C. acifer Rushton, 1966 (type) C. chathamensis Rasetti, 1967

Chelediscus is an extinct genus from a well-known class of fossil marine arthropods, the trilobites. It lived during the later part of the Botomian stage.