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Nasepia

Erniettomorpha

Taxonomy
Nasepia was named by Germs (1972) [Sepkoski's age data: V u]. Its type is Nasepia altae.

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

Species
N. altae (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1972Nasepia Germs p. 176
2002Nasepia Sepkoski
2011Nasepia Erwin et al. pp. SOM 14

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
classErniettomorpha()
RankNameAuthor
genusNasepia

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. †Nasepia Germs 1972
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Nasepia altae Germs 1972
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: no hard partsg
Environment: marineg
Locomotion: stationaryg
Life habit: low-level epifaunalg
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindo
Comments: PJW: Was an osmotroph, but it doesn't look anymore like that is what Erniettomorphs did!g
Created: 2009-10-13 07:58:28
Modified: 2022-12-06 16:24:13
Source: g = genus, o = order
References: Fedonkin et al. 2007, Rodríguez-Martínez et al. 2022

Age range: Ediacaran or 635.00000 to 538.80000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ediacaran635.0 - 538.8Australia (South Australia) N. sp. (191904 191906)
Ediacaran635.0 - 538.8Namibia N. altae (237208 237209) N. sp. (7910)