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Taxonomy
Golasaphus momedahensis was named by Shergold (1971). Its type specimen is CPC 9781, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Gola Beds B520, which is in a Franconian/Trempealeauan marine grainstone in the Gola Beds Formation of Australia. It is the type species of Golasaphus.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1971 | Golasaphus momedahensis Shergold p. 75 figs. Pl. 10, figs. 1-2 |
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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.
†Golasaphus momedahensis Shergold 1971
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| Source: f = family, o = order, c = class | |||||
| References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Hendy 2009 | |||||
Age range: Iverian or 494.20000 to 491.00000 Ma
Collections (8 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Franconian - Trempealeauan | Australia (Queensland) | Golasaphus momedahensis (type locality: 198276 198277 198278 198280 198282 198283) | |
| Iverian | Australia (Queensland) | Golasaphus momedahensis (198279 198284) |