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Goniophrys prima
Taxonomy
Goniophrys prima was named by Ross (1951) [Paratypes: YPM 18073-4, 18076]. Its type specimen is YPM 18075, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Locality 6, Hillyard's Canyon, Zone "F", which is in a Stairsian shallow subtidal horizon in the Garden City Formation of Idaho. It is the type species of Goniophrys.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1951 | Goniophrys prima Ross p. 81 figs. Pl. 18, figs. 9, 15, 17 |
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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.
†Goniophrys prima Ross 1951
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: Stairsian or 483.40000 to 481.70000 Ma
Collections (7 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Stairsian | USA (Idaho) | Goniophrys prima (type locality: 103822 228263 228264) | |
| Stairsian | USA (Utah) | Goniophrys prima (104110 104137 104144 104252) |