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Nasepia

Taxonomy
Nasepia is a genus. It is not extant. Its type is Nasepia altae.

It was assigned to Erniettamorpha by Sepkoski (2002); and to Erniettomorpha by Erwin et al. (2011).

Species
N. altae (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Nasepia Sepkoski
2011Nasepia Erwin et al. pp. SOM 14

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Erniettomorpha(Pflug 1972)
RankNameAuthor
genusNasepia

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. †Nasepia
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Nasepia altae Germs 1973
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: no hard partsg
Environment: marineg
Locomotion: stationaryg
Life habit: low-level epifaunalg
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindo
Comments: PJW: Was an osmotroph, but it doesn't look anymore like that is what Erniettomorphs did!g
Created: 2009-10-13 07:58:28
Modified: 2022-12-06 16:24:13
Source: g = genus, o = order
References: Rodríguez-Martínez et al. 2022, Fedonkin et al. 2007

Age range: Ediacaran or 635.00000 to 541.00000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ediacaran635.0 - 541.0Australia (South Australia) N. sp. (191904 191906)
Ediacaran635.0 - 541.0Namibia N. sp. (7910)