Elrathina cordillerae
UNB-2016-0002Fossils » Eukaryote » Animalia » Arthropoda » Trilobita
Description
Kingdom: Anamilia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Trilobita
Subclass: Libristoma
Order: Ptychopariida
Family: Ptychopariidae
Genus: Elrathina (Poulson, 1927)
Species: Elrathina cordillerae (Rominger, 1887)
Pygidium and thorax preserved with thin axial rings and pleurae.
Specifications
| Object name | Elrathina cordillerae |
|---|---|
| ID | UNB-2016-0002 |
| Legal status | Permanent collection |
| Category | Fossil |
| Classification | Domain: Eukaryote Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Trilobita |
| Composition | Shale |
| Age | Eon: Phanerozoic Era: Paleozoic Period: Cambrian to Middle Cambrian |
| Numeric age | 542 Mya |
| Origin | Mt. Stephen, British Columbia, Canada |
| Pieces | 1 |
| Partial | No |
| Measurements |
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Map of Origin
Publications
- Blaker, M. R., & Peel, J. S. (1997). Lower Cambrian trilobites from North Greenland. Meddr Gr?nland Geoscience, 35.
- Deiss, C. (1939). Cambrian stratigraphy and trilobites of northwestern Montana. Geological Society of America Special Papers, 18, 1-132.
- Oriel, S. S., Armstrong, F. C., Fritz, W. H., & Palmer, A. R. (1971). Uppermost Precambrian and lowest Cambrian rocks in southeastern Idaho, with contributions to Early Middle Cambrian faunal zones (No. 394). US Govt. Print. Off.,.