†Elrathia longiceps Resser 1938 (trilobite)
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Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Alokistocaridae
Full reference: C. E. Resser. 1938. Middle Cambrian fossils from Pend Oreille Lake, Idaho. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 97(3):1-12
Belongs to Elrathia according to C. E. Resser 1938
Sister taxa: Elrathia grazierensis, Elrathia idahoensis, Elrathia kingi, Elrathia occidentalis, Elrathia permulta, Elrathia rara, Elrathia sampsoni, Elrathia spencei
Type specimen: USNM 95036. Its type locality is Locality 37m, shale beds (Pend Oreille Lake), which is in a Cambrian carbonate shale/limestone in the Rennie Shale Formation of Idaho.
Ecology: fast-moving epifaunal detritivore
Distribution: found only at Locality 37m, shale beds (Pend Oreille Lake)
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