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Tortunema
Taxonomy
Tortunema was named by Hermann (1976).
It was assigned to Life by Riedman et al. (2023); and to Acritarcha by Shu et al. (2025).
It was assigned to Life by Riedman et al. (2023); and to Acritarcha by Shu et al. (2025).
Species
Species lacking formal opinion data
Entered
by M. Clapham on 2023-12-26
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1976 | Tortunema Hermann |
| 2023 | Tortunema Riedman et al. p. 30 |
| 2025 | Tortunema Shu et al. p. Appendix |
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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.
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range: base of the Statherian to the top of the Ediacaran or 1800.00000 to 538.80000 Ma
Collections (5 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Statherian | Australia (Northern Territory) | T. patomica (232735) | |
| Stenian | Canada (Nunavut) | T. angusta (221355) | |
| Tonian | Canada (Northwest Territories) | T. magna (614) | |
| Ediacaran | Estonia (Ida-Viru) | T. wernadskii, T. angusta (221354) | |
| Ediacaran | Estonia (Merikula) | T. wernadskii (221270) |