Tulaneia amabilia Runnegar et al. 2024

Erniettomorpha - Erniettidae

Full reference: B. Runnegar, R. J. Horodyski, J. G. Gehling, S. Jensen, S. Bengtson, K. J. Peterson, M. R. Saltzman and M. J. Vendrasco. 2024. Tulaneia amabilia n. gen. n. sp.: a new erniettomorph from the Wood Canyon Formation, Nevada and the age of the Ediacaran–Cambrian transition in the Great Basin. Journal of Paleontology 98(6):929-951

Belongs to Tulaneia according to B. Runnegar et al. 2024

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Part (RH-91-8-19-1/UCLA 7331.1B/LACMIP 43369.1A LACMIP Type 15019) and counterpart (RH-91-8-19-1/UCLA 7331.1A/LACMIP 43369.1B LACMIP 15019), an other (internal and external molds of body). Its type locality is RJH Discovery Site, which is in an Ediacaran shoreface siltstone/sandstone in the Wood Canyon Formation of Nevada.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Ediacaran of United States (4: Nevada collections)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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