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Eremactis

Coeloscleritophora - Chancelloriida - Chancelloriidae

Taxonomy
Eremactis was named by Bengston and Conway-Morris (1990) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Atda-u Sepkoski's reference number: 923].

It was assigned to Chancelloriida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Chancelloriidae by Skovsted (2006).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1990Eremactis Bengston and Conway-Morris
2002Eremactis Sepkoski
2006Eremactis Skovsted p. 1099

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumProblematica
classCoeloscleritophoraBengston and Missarzhevsky 1981
RankNameAuthor
orderChancelloriidaWalcott 1920
familyChancelloriidaeWalcott 1920
genusEremactisBengston and Conway-Morris 1990

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. †Eremactis Bengston and Conway-Morris 1990
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Eremactis conara Bengtson et al. 1990
Eremactis guttiformis Gravestock et al. 2001
Eremactis mawsoni Bengtson 1990
Eremactis plicatus Gravestock et al. 2001
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 0.1 to < 1.0f
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yesf
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-06-11 19:43:28
Modified: 2009-09-21 22:32:25
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy 2009, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Atdabanian to the top of the Dyeran or 521.00000 to 509.70000 Ma

Collections (36 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Atdabanian521.0 - 516.0Australia (South Australia) E. conara, E. mawsoni (97747 97750) E. mawsoni (49618 96918 96920 96931 96960 97741 97742 97744 97746 97748 97749 97769) E. sp., E. mawsoni (96966)
Botomian516.0 - 512.1Australia (South Australia) E. conara, E. mawsoni (96932 97770) E. mawsoni (96916 97700 97701 97717 97751 97771 97772 97773 97774) E. sp. (50793) E. sp., E. conara, E. mawsoni (96958 96959) E. sp., E. mawsoni (96917 96965)
Dyeran515.3 - 509.7Greenland E. conara (49458 49464)
Toyonian512.1 - 508.2Türkiye (Konya) E. sp. (91535)
Toyonian512.1 - 508.2Australia (South Australia) E. mawsoni (97698)
Ordian511.2 - 508.0Australia (South Australia) E. mawsoni (97699)