Elrathina antiqua Palmer and Halley 1979 (trilobite)

Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Ptychopariidae

Full reference: A. R. Palmer and R. B. Halley. 1979. Physical Stratigraphy and Trilobite Biostratigraphy of the Carrara Formation (Lower and Middle Cambrian) in the Southern Great Basin. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 1047:1-131

Belongs to Elrathina according to A. R. Palmer and R. B. Halley 1979

Sister taxa: Ptychoparella minuta, Ptychoparella usualis, Syspacephalus charops, Syspacephalus cadyi, Syspacephalus laticeps, Syspacephalus longus, Syspacephalus werneckensis, Syspacephalus variosus, Syspacephalus crassus, Syspacephalus vapidus, Syspacephalus mccollumorum, Syspacephalus gregarius, Elrathina marginalis, Elrathina cordillerae, Elrathina offula, Elrathina wheelera

Type specimen: Its type locality is Belted Range, Carrara Fm, Red Pass Limestone Mbr(USGS 4437-CO), which is in a Delamaran lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal lime mudstone in the Carrara Formation of Nevada.

Ecology: fast-moving epifaunal detritivore

Distribution:

• Cambrian of United States (3: Nevada collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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