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Gondwanaspis dracula
Taxonomy
Gondwanaspis dracula was named by Feist and McNamara (2007) [= 1927 Ceratocephala (Leonaspis) harborti (Richter & Richter); Matern, p. 254.]. Its type specimen is WAM 07.99, a cephalon/head, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is East side of McWhae Ridge, Lawford Range, Canning Basin, which is in a Frasnian perireef or subreef limestone in the Virgin Hills Formation of Australia.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2007 | Gondwanaspis dracula Feist and McNamara pp. 787 - 788 fig. 4h–r |
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†Gondwanaspis dracula Feist and McNamara 2007
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| R. Feist and K. J. McNamara 2007 | Cephalon with gently convex anterior margin; eye ridges expanding distally; glabellar lobes very poorly defined; L3 very weakly developed; anterior margin of cranidium with pair of spines distally, a pair of weak protruberances sagittally; relatively dense concentration of secondary tubercles, particularly on glabella and eye ridges set in groundmass of relatively coarse, granular tubercles. |
Measurements
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| References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009 | |||||
Age range: Late/Upper Frasnian or 379.50000 to 376.10000 Ma
Collections (3 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Frasnian | Australia (Western Australia) | Gondwanaspis dracula (type locality: 214754 214757) | |
| Late/Upper Frasnian | Germany | Ceratocephala harborti (157754) |