Full reference: G. M. Narbonne, B. Z. Saylor, and J. P. Grotzinger. 1997. The youngest Ediacaran fossils from southern Africa. Journal of Paleontology 71(6):953-967
Parent taxon: Erniettomorpha according to S. A. F. Darroch et al. 2018
See also Erwin et al. 2011, Hoyal Cuthill and Han 2018 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Ernietta, Kuibisia, Mialsemia, Nasepia, Palaeoplatoda, Phyllozoon, Pteridinium, Valdainia, Vendomia
Subtaxa: Swartpuntia germsi
Type: Swartpuntia germsi
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Waucoban of United States (1: California collection)
• Cambrian of Australia (1), United States (1: California)
• Ediacaran of Namibia (1), the Russian Federation (1), United States (2: Nevada, North Carolina)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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