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Ernietta

Taxonomy
Ernietta was named by Pflug (1966) [Sepkoski's age data: V u]. Its type is Ernietta plateauensis.

It was assigned to Erniettamorpha by Sepkoski (2002); to Petalonamae by Hoyal Cuthill and Han (2018); and to Erniettomorpha by Erwin et al. (2011) and Darroch et al. (2018).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1966Ernietta Pflug
2002Ernietta Sepkoski
2011Ernietta Erwin et al. pp. SOM 13
2018Ernietta Darroch et al. pp. Supplemental Table 1
2018Ernietta Hoyal Cuthill and Han p. 8

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Erniettomorpha(Pflug 1972)
RankNameAuthor
genusErnietta

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.

G. †Ernietta Pflug 1966
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Ernietta plateauensis Pflug 1966
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Invalid names: Ernietta aarensis Pflug 1972 [synonym]
Ernietta tschanabis Pflug 1972
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: no hard partsg
Environment: inner shelf, marineg
Locomotion: stationaryg
Life habit: semi-infaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindo
Created: 2009-10-12 14:48:11
Modified: 2022-12-06 13:04:42
Source: g = genus, o = order
References: Fedonkin et al. 2007, Rodríguez-Martínez et al. 2022

Age range: Ediacaran or 635.00000 to 541.00000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ediacaran635.0 - 541.0USA (Nevada) E. sp. (7180 231412)
Ediacaran635.0 - 541.0Namibia (Southeastern Namibia) E. sp. (89797)
Ediacaran635.0 - 541.0Namibia E. plateauensis (207853 207854 207855) E. sp. (6712 6813 10397)
Ediacaran635.0 - 541.0USA (California) E. plateauensis (231329)