{{Short description|Genus of trilobites}} {{more citations needed|date=January 2018}} {{Automatic taxobox | fossil_range = {{fossil_range|Ordovician}} | image = Trilobites - Solenopeltis buchi buchi.JPG | image_caption = ''Solenopeltis buchi buchi'' from Czech Republic at the National Museum (Prague) | taxon = Selenopeltis | authority = Hawle and Corda, 1847 }}
'''''Selenopeltis''''' ({{IPA|/sɛliːnoʊpɛltɪs/}}) is an extinct genus of odontopleurid trilobites in the family Odontopleuridae.
Species in the genus ''Selenopeltis'' can reach a length of {{convert|115|-|160|mm}} and a width of {{convert|115|-|130|mm}}. These trilobites show long pleural spines and were a low-level epifaunal detritivore. They lived in the Ordovician period, from the Lower Arenig stage age until the Ashgillian age (478.6-443.7 million years ago).
==Distribution== During the Ordovician they inhabited Czech Republic, France, Morocco, Portugal, Spain and the United Kingdom. During the Arenig they lived in France and the UK.
==Gallery== <gallery widths=240px> Trilobites - Solenopeltis buchi vultuosa.JPG|''Selenopeltis buchi vultuosa'' from Czech Republic at the National Museum (Prague) File:Trilobite Selenopeltis buchii.jpg|''Selenopeltis buchi'' trilobites (and a smaller ''Dalmanatina'') from Mount Boutschrafin, Morocco. File:Selenopeltis buchii 01.jpg|''Selenopeltis buchi'' at Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Karlsruhe, Germany </gallery>
== Sources == *[http://www.fossilmuseum.net/Fossil_Galleries/TrilobitesMorocco/Selenopeltis-buchii/Selenopeltis-buchii.htm S. buchii at Fossilmuseum] *[http://origins.swau.edu/fossil/trilo/selenopeltis/seleno.htm Selenopeltis sp. at Origins.swau.edu]
==External links== *[https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=19827 ''Selenopeltis''] in the Paleobiology Database *Sepkoski, Jack [http://strata.geology.wisc.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=307&rank=class Sepkoski's Online Genus Database – Trilobita]
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Category:Odontopleuridae Category:Odontopleurida genera Category:Ordovician trilobites of Europe Category:Fossils of the Czech Republic Category:Letná Formation Category:Trilobites of Africa Category:Fezouata Formation fossils
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