Kingdom Animalia Scientific name Ernietta plateauensis | Species †E. plateauensis Rank Genus | |
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Similar Pteridinium, Swartpuntia, Petalonamae, Charniodiscus, Ovatoscutum | ||
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Ernietta plateauensis, the sole species of the genus Ernietta, is a bag-shaped erniettomorph genus that lived half-buried in sediment, and probably fed by osmosis. It had chambered walls.
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Its fossils has been found in sandstones of the Kanies and Kliphoek Members of the Dabis Formation, Namibia. This deposits have an age more than 548 Myr.
The name has also been misspelled as Ernettia in some papers. Many species are now recognized as junior synonyms of Ernietta plateauensis, including:
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