Elrathia kingii 3D model

Name of the specimen: "Lilyth" Triangles: 736027 Vertices: 1472050 Genus: Elrathia Kingii. (Trilobita) Meaning: The name Elrathia is based off the town Elrath in Alabama where these trilobites were discovered. The word Kingii derivates from King. Information: 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. E. kingii is a medium-sized trilobite with a smooth sub-ovate carapace that is tapered towards the rear. Thorax is usually 13 segments. Pygidium has four axial rings and a long terminal piece. Posterior margin of the pygidium has a long broad medial notch. Age: 513.0498.5 Ma Middle Cambrian Diet: Unknown, probably small invertebrates Habitat: E. kingii consistently occur in settings below the oxygen levels required by other contemporaneous epifaunal and infaunal benthic biota and may have derived energy from a food web that existed independently of phototrophic primary productivity. Although other fossil organisms are known to have preferred such environments, E. kingii is the earliest-known inhabitant of them, extending the documented range of the exaerobic ecological strategy into the Cambrian Period.