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Nymphaeoblastidae

Blastoidea - Fissiculata - Nymphaeoblastidae

Taxonomy
Nymphaeoblastidae was named by Wanner (1940). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Fissiculata by Bohatý et al. (2024).

Subtaxa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1940Nymphaeoblastidae Wanner
2024Nymphaeoblastidae Bohatý et al. p. 52

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
RankNameAuthor
subphylumBlastozoa
classBlastoideaSay 1825
orderFissiculataJaekel 1918
familyNymphaeoblastidaeWanner 1940
familyNymphaeoblastidaeWanner 1940

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.

Fm. †Nymphaeoblastidae Wanner 1940
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G. †Pentremitella Lehmann 1949
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Pentremitella osoleae Lehmann 1949
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitep
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: stationaryc
Attached: yesc
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalc
Diet: suspension feederc
Vision: blindc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2009-12-09 05:26:13
Modified: 2009-12-09 07:26:53
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan 1992, Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Emsian to the top of the Early/Lower Eifelian or 410.62000 to 390.50000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Emsian410.62 - 399.5Germany Pentremitella osoleae (26904)
Early/Lower Eifelian393.47 - 390.5Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia) Pentremitella sp. 1 (238326)