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Elrathina parallela

Trilobita - Ptychopariida

Taxonomy
Elrathina parallela was named by Rasetti (1951). Its type specimen is USNM 116279 and is a 3D body fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1951Elrathina parallela Rasetti pp. 222-223 figs. pl. 33 f. 19-22
1989Elrathina parallela Young and Ludvigsen p. 24 figs. Plate 9, figures 8-13
2017Elrathina parallela Geyer and Peel fig. 6.15

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderPtychopariidaSwinnerton 1915
suborderPtychopariinaRichter 1933
superfamilyPtychopariaceaMatthew 1887
genusElrathinaResser 1937
speciesparallela

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Elrathina parallela Rasetti 1951
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
G. A. Young and R. Ludvigsen 1989A species of Elrathina with a narrow glabella. Is to 3s furrows long and shallow. Occipital ring semielliptical, bearing large median tubercle. Anterior border long, convex, strongly curved. Palpebral lobe very short, narrow. Eye ridge weak or absent. Anterior branches of facial suture convergent, convex. Cranidium smooth; smallest specimens bear granulate prosopon.