description Zeliszkella Overview
Zeliszkella is an extinct genus of phacopid trilobites in the family Dalmanitidae, known from Middle and Upper Ordovician strata in the Czech Republic, France, Morocco, Portugal, and Spain. Its cephalon has a narrow frontal area and large schizochroal eyes, while the thorax has eleven segments and the pygidium is elongate and subtriangular with a narrow axis and several pleural ribs.
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What is Zeliszkella?
Zeliszkella is an extinct phacopid trilobite in the family Dalmanitidae. It is known from Middle and Upper Ordovician rocks.
Where did Zeliszkella live?
Fossils have been reported from the Czech Republic, France, Morocco, Portugal, and Spain. These regions were part of different marine settings during the Ordovician.
What did Zeliszkella's eyes look like?
Zeliszkella had large schizochroal eyes, the type of compound eye associated with phacopid trilobites. Its cephalon also had a narrow frontal area.
Which trilobite family includes Zeliszkella?
Zeliszkella belongs to Dalmanitidae within the phacopid trilobites. It is therefore related to other Ordovician and Silurian dalmanitid forms rather than to agnostid or asaphid genera.
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