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Swartpuntia

Taxonomy
Swartpuntia was named by Narbonne et al. (1997) [Sepkoski's age data: V u]. It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type is Swartpuntia germsi.

It was assigned to Erniettamorpha by Sepkoski (2002); to Petalonamae by Hoyal Cuthill and Han (2018); and to Erniettomorpha by Erwin et al. (2011) and Darroch et al. (2018).

Species
S. germsi (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1997Swartpuntia Narbonne et al. pp. 956-962 figs. 4, 6-8
2002Swartpuntia Sepkoski
2011Swartpuntia Erwin et al. pp. SOM 13
2018Swartpuntia Darroch et al. pp. Supplemental Table 1
2018Swartpuntia Hoyal Cuthill and Han p. 8

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Erniettomorpha(Pflug 1972)
RankNameAuthor
genusSwartpuntia

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. †Swartpuntia Narbonne et al. 1997
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Swartpuntia germsi Narbonne et al. 1997
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available