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Elrathina parallela
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
Year | Name and author |
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1951 | Elrathina parallela Rasetti pp. 222-223 figs. pl. 33 f. 19-22 |
1989 | Elrathina parallela Young and Ludvigsen p. 24 figs. Plate 9, figures 8-13 |
2017 | Elrathina parallela Geyer and Peel fig. 6.15 |
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†Elrathina parallela Rasetti 1951
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Diagnosis
Reference | Diagnosis | |
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G. A. Young and R. Ludvigsen 1989 | A 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. |