Paleofossus

{{Short description|Extinct genus of trilobites}}

{{Automatic taxobox

|fossil_range = Botomian{{cite journal

| last = Sepkoski| first = Jack| title = A compendium of fossil marine animal genera (Trilobita entry)| journal = Bulletins of American Paleontology| volume = 364|page=560| year = 2002| url = http://strata.ummp.lsa.umich.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=307&rank=class| access-date = 2008-01-12 }}

|taxon = Paleofossus

|authority = Pokrovskaya, 1959

}}

Paleofossus is an extinct genus from a well-known class of fossil marine arthropods, the trilobites. It lived during the Botomian stage, which lasted from approximately 524 to 518.5 million years ago. This faunal stage was part of the Cambrian Period.