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Elsarella

Trilobita - Phacopida - Encrinuridae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1996Elsarella Edgecombe and Ramsköld pp. 222 - 224

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderPhacopidaSalter 1864
suborderCheirurinaHarrington and Leanza 1957
familyEncrinuridaeAngelin 1854
genusElsarella

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Elsarella Edgecombe and Ramsköld 1996
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Elsarella palmrei Mannil 1958
Elsarella rotunda Männil 1977
Elsarella rumbaensis Rosenstein 1941
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
G. D. Edgecombe and L. Ramsköld 1996Median suture between librigenal precranidial lobes, with very narrow, wedge-shaped rostral plate separating ventral part of librigenae ; genal angle rounded or with blunt point, lacking spine ; adaxial fixigenal tubercle pairs opposite $3 and preglabellar furrow much larger than other genal field tubercles, tranversely ovate; librigenal field densely covered