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Pteridinium simplex

Taxonomy
Pteridinium simplex was named by Gürich (1930). It is the type species of Pteridinium.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1930Pteridinium simplex Gurich
1930Pteridinium simplex Gürich

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Erniettomorpha(Pflug 1972)
RankNameAuthor
genusPteridinium
speciessimplex

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.

Pteridinium simplex Gürich 1930
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Invalid names: Pteridinium nenoxa Keller et al. 1974 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: no hard partss
Entire body: yess
Adult length: 100 to < 1000s
Adult width: 10 to < 100s
Adult height: 100 to < 1000s
Thickness: thing
Environment: inner shelf, marines
Locomotion: stationarys
Attached: yess
Life habit: epifaunals
Diet: suspension feeders
Vision: blinds
Comments: Darroch et al. (2022) show that this probably was a suspension feeder.s
Created: 2009-08-19 11:04:52
Modified: 2022-12-09 13:17:54
Source: s = species, g = genus
References: Narbonne et al. 1997, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Ediacaran or 635.00000 to 541.00000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ediacaran635.0 - 541.0Namibia (Southeastern Namibia) Pteridinium carolinaense (89797)
Ediacaran635.0 - 541.0Australia (South Australia) Pteridinium simplex (89842)
Ediacaran635.0 - 541.0Namibia (Southwestern Namibia ) Pteridinium simplex (89796)
Ediacaran635.0 - 541.0USA (North Carolina) Pteridinium simplex (10257 10258)
Ediacaran635.0 - 541.0Namibia Pteridinium simplex (9881)
Ediacaran635.0 - 541.0Russian Federation Pteridinium simplex (10254)