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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
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: no hard partsg
Environment: inner shelf, marineg
Locomotion: stationaryg
Attached: yesg
Life habit: epifaunalg
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindo
Comments: Data from personal opinion (Lin, pers. comm.). PJW: Was osmotroph: but it doesn't look anymore like that is what Erniettomorphs did!g
Created: 2009-04-21 12:25:53
Modified: 2022-12-06 16:20:26
Source: g = genus, o = order
References: Rodríguez-Martínez et al. 2022, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Ediacaran to the top of the Atdabanian or 635.00000 to 516.00000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ediacaran635.0 - 541.0USA (Nevada) S. germsi (7180)
Ediacaran635.0 - 541.0Russian Federation (Arkhangelsk) S. sp. (91643)
Ediacaran635.0 - 541.0Namibia (Southeastern Namibia) S. germsi (89797)
Ediacaran635.0 - 541.0USA (North Carolina) S. sp. (231422)
Manykaian538.8 - 529.0Australia (South Australia) S. sp. (51882)
Waucoban538.8 - 509.0USA (California) S. sp. (9126)
Atdabanian521.0 - 516.0USA (California) S. sp. (9125)