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Norasaphus (Shergoldina) greenvalensis

Trilobita - Asaphida - Asaphidae

Taxonomy
Norasaphus (Shergoldina) greenvalensis was named by Feist and Talent (2000). Its type specimen is AMF 10756, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Big Stockyard Creek area, south of Greenvale, which is in a Darriwilian carbonate limestone in the Carriers Well Formation of Australia. It is the type species of Norasaphus (Shergoldina).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2000Norasaphus (Shergoldina) greenvalensis Feist and Talent p. 61 figs. 2A-D, 3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderAsaphidaSalter 1864
superfamilyAsaphoideaSalter 1864
familyAsaphidaeBurmeister 1843
genusNorasaphus
subgenusShergoldina
speciesgreenvalensis

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.

Norasaphus (Shergoldina) greenvalensis Feist and Talent 2000
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 10 to < 100f
Adult width: 10 to < 100f
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-11 14:38:06
Modified: 2009-12-14 00:45:08
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Darriwilian or 467.30000 to 458.40000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Darriwilian467.3 - 458.4Australia (Queensland) Norasaphus greenvalensis (type locality: 172287)