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Ernietta
Taxonomy
Ernietta was named by Pflug (1966) [Sepkoski's age data: V u]. Its type is Ernietta plateauensis. It is the type genus of Erniettidae.
It was assigned to Erniettamorpha by Sepkoski (2002); to Petalonamae by Hoyal Cuthill and Han (2018); to Erniettomorpha by Erwin et al. (2011), Darroch et al. (2018); and to Erniettidae by Runnegar et al. (2024).
It was assigned to Erniettamorpha by Sepkoski (2002); to Petalonamae by Hoyal Cuthill and Han (2018); to Erniettomorpha by Erwin et al. (2011), Darroch et al. (2018); and to Erniettidae by Runnegar et al. (2024).
Species
E. plateauensis (syn. E. tschanabis, E. aarensis) (type species)
Entered
by J. Sepkoski on 2003-01-23; modified by P. Wagner on 2026-03-15
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1966 | Ernietta Pflug |
| 2002 | Ernietta Sepkoski |
| 2011 | Ernietta Erwin et al. pp. SOM 13 |
| 2018 | Ernietta Darroch et al. pp. Supplemental Table 1 |
| 2018 | Ernietta Hoyal Cuthill and Han p. 8 |
| 2024 | Ernietta Runnegar et al. p. 943 |
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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. †Ernietta Pflug 1966
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†Ernietta plateauensis Pflug 1966
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Invalid names: Ernietta aarensis Pflug 1972 [synonym], Ernietta tschanabis Pflug 1972 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Fedonkin et al. 2007, RodrÃguez-MartÃnez et al. 2022 | |||||
Age range: Ediacaran or 635.00000 to 538.80000 Ma
Collections (14 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ediacaran | South Africa | E. plateauensis (237631) | |
| Ediacaran | Mexico (Sonora) | Erniettomorpha indet. (113595) | |
| Ediacaran | Namibia (Southeastern Namibia) | E. sp. (89797) | |
| Ediacaran | Namibia (Southwestern Namibia) | E. plateauensis (278353) E. sp. (278346 278347 278348) | |
| Ediacaran | Namibia | E. plateauensis (207853 207854 207855 236923) E. sp. (6712 6813 10397) |