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Elrathiella dugwayensa

Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Alokistocaridae

Taxonomy
Elrathiella dugwayensa was named by Sundberg (1994). Its type specimen is LACMIP 11825, a cephalon/head, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Dugway Range, 13.8m, LACMIP 15523, which is in a Delamaran marine shale in the Shadscale Formation of Utah.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1994Elrathiella dugwayensa Sundberg pp. 65 - 68 figs. Figure 40

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderPtychopariidaSwinnerton 1915
familyAlokistocaridaeResser 1939
subfamilyEhmaniellinae
genusElrathiellaPoulson 1927
speciesdugwayensa

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.

Elrathiella dugwayensa Sundberg 1994
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
F. A. Sundberg 1994Elrathiella with cranidium with elongated glabella (75-80% cranidial length), mod- erately to strongly tapered, sharply rounded frontal lobe; anterior border strongly convex, moderately wide (55-65% frontal area length) unevenly curved, straight medially, moderately tapered; medially shallow to laterally moderate depth anterior border furrow; moderately narrow fixigenae (45-55% glabellar width). Pygidium subrectangular; anterior pleural bands weakly convex to absent.