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Nimbia

Taxonomy
Nimbia is a genus. It is not extant. Its type is Nimbia occlusa.

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

Species
N. dniesteri, N. occlusa (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Nimbia Sepkoski
2011Nimbia Erwin et al. pp. SOM 16

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumProblematica
RankNameAuthor
genusNimbia

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. †Nimbia
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Nimbia dniesteri Fedonkin 1983
Nimbia occlusa Fedonkin 1981
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: base of the Cryogenian to the top of the Merioneth or 850.00000 to 485.40000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Neoproterozoic1000.0 - 541.0Algeria N. sp. (10694)
Cryogenian850.0 - 635.0Kazakhstan N. occlusa (140176)
Cryogenian - Ediacaran850.0 - 541.0Canada (Northwest Territories) N. occlusa (51883)
Ediacaran635.0 - 541.0Russian Federation N. sp. (51904)
Ediacaran635.0 - 541.0Norway N. sp. (51870)
Ediacaran635.0 - 541.0Norway (Finnmark Fylke) N. sp. (10248)
Ediacaran635.0 - 541.0USA (Nevada) N. occlusa (7179)
Ediacaran635.0 - 541.0USA (California) N. sp. (7178)
Ediacaran635.0 - 541.0Spain N. occlusa (237440)
Manykaian538.8 - 529.0Norway N. occlusa (51872)
Merioneth497.0 - 485.4Ireland N. occlusa (10690)