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Elsarella rotunda

Artiopoda - Phacopida - Encrinuridae

Taxonomy
Encrinurus rotundus was named by Männil (1977). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Laeva Borehole, which is in a Juuru marine horizon in the Tamsalu Formation of Estonia.

It was recombined as Nucleurus rotundus by Edgecombe and Chatterton (1990); it was recombined as Elsarella rotunda by Edgecombe and Ramsköld (1996).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1977Encrinurus rotundus Mannil p. 47 figs. plate 1:1-2; text fig. 1
1977Encrinurus rotundus Männil p. 47 figs. plate 1:1-2; text fig. 1
1990Nucleurus rotundus Edgecombe and Chatterton pp. 823, Table 1
1996Elsarella rotunda Edgecombe and Ramsköld p. 222 figs. pl. 30 fig. 1-8, 11, 14, 15

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
RankNameAuthor
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderPhacopidaSalter 1864
suborderCheirurinaHarrington and Leanza 1957
familyEncrinuridaeAngelin 1854
genusElsarella
speciesrotunda(Männil 1977)

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.

Elsarella rotunda Männil 1977
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available