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Elrathia kingi

Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Alokistocaridae

Taxonomy
Conocoryphe (Conocephalites) kingii was named by Meek (1870).

It was recombined as Elrathia kingii by Walcott (1924) and Palmer (1954); it was recombined as Elrathia kingi by Jell and Adrain (2002).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1870Conocoryphe (Conocephalites) kingii Meek pp. 63 - 64
1877Conocoryphe (Conocephalites) kingii Meek p. 20 figs. Plate 1, fig. 4
1924Elrathia kingii Walcott
1954Elrathia kingii Palmer p. 78 figs. Plate 17, figure 13
2002Elrathia kingi Jell and Adrain p. 371

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderPtychopariidaSwinnerton 1915
familyAlokistocaridaeResser 1939
genusElrathiaWalcott 1924
specieskingi()

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.

Elrathia kingi Meek 1870
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Diagnosis
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