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Murchisonia megathanae
Taxonomy
Goniasma megathanae was named by Blodgett and Johnson (1992) [“Goniasma†megathanae]. It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USNM 10807. 3 miles N & W of Roberts Creek Ranch, Roberts Mountains, which is in an Eifelian marine packstone in the Denay Limestone Formation of Nevada.
It was recombined as Murchisonia megathanae by Wagner (2023).
It was recombined as Murchisonia megathanae by Wagner (2023).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1992 | Goniasma megathanae Blodgett and Johnson p. 125 figs. pl. 17 f. 1-6 |
| 1995 | Goniasma megathanae Gubanov et al. p. 438 |
| 2023 | Murchisonia megathanae Wagner p. 1869 |
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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.
†Murchisonia megathanae Blodgett and Johnson 1992
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Hendy 2009, Bambach et al. 2007 | |||||