How old is Elrathia?

515 Million years old
The Science. These are specimens of Elrathia kingii, a Cambrian period trilobite from the Wheeler Shale in Utah, some 515 Million years old.

Where did the Elrathia live?

Utah
Elrathia is a genus of ptychopariid trilobite species that lived during the Middle Cambrian of Utah, and possibly British Columbia. E. kingii is one of the most common trilobite fossils in the USA locally found in extremely high concentrations within the Wheeler Formation in the U.S. state of Utah.

Who named Elrathia?

History of Research Walcott named the species Ptychoparia permulta in 1918 and illustrated two specimens, one clearly designated as the type. Resser (1937) noted that the illustrated specimens were quite different, moved both to Walcott’s 1924 genus Elrathia, and proposed the name Elrathia dubia for the second species.

When did the Elrathia go extinct?

251 million years ago
The group goes extinct at the Permian-Triassic mass extinction event (251 million years ago). Trilobites have a tripartite skeleton both transversely and longitudinally.

How long did the Cambrian period last?

Cambrian Period—541 to 485.4 MYA.

What started the Cambrian explosion?

Given the importance of oxygen for animals, researchers suspected that a sudden increase in the gas to near-modern levels in the ocean could have spurred the Cambrian explosion. This supported the idea of oxygen as a key trigger for the evolutionary explosion.

What started the Cambrian period?

541 (+/- 1) million years ago
Cambrian/Began

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