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IRMNG name detailsNamapoikia Wood, Grotzinger & Dickson, 2002 †
11934236 (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:11934236)
unaccepted > nomen nudum
Genus
marine,
fossil only
Wood, R. A.; Grotzinger, J. P.; Dickson, J. A. D. (2002). Proterozoic modular biomineralized metazoan from the Nama Group, Namibia. <em>Science.</em> 296(5577): 2383-2386., available online at https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1071599 [details]
Taxonomic remark Described as an early metazoan (possible sponge), however this is doubted by Antcliffe et al., 2014, who state: "carbonate...
Taxonomic remark Described as an early metazoan (possible sponge), however this is doubted by Antcliffe et al., 2014, who state: "carbonate mineralisation alone cannot be taken as indicative of metazoan affinities because it is widespread in many different microbial and algal groups (e.g. cyanobacteria, rhodophytes and chlorophytes). ... Such a structure could arrive from the calcification of microbial colonies." Mehra et al., 2002 also state that this taxon is a microbial construction. [details]
IRMNG (2024). Namapoikia Wood, Grotzinger & Dickson, 2002 †. Accessed at: https://irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=11934236 on 2025-01-14
Date action by
original description
Wood, R. A.; Grotzinger, J. P.; Dickson, J. A. D. (2002). Proterozoic modular biomineralized metazoan from the Nama Group, Namibia. <em>Science.</em> 296(5577): 2383-2386., available online at https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1071599 [details]
basis of record Wood, R. A.; Grotzinger, J. P.; Dickson, J. A. D. (2002). Proterozoic modular biomineralized metazoan from the Nama Group, Namibia. <em>Science.</em> 296(5577): 2383-2386., available online at https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1071599 [details] additional source Mehra, A.; Watters, W. A.; Grotzinger, J. P.; Maloof, A. C. (2020). Three-dimensional reconstructions of the putative metazoan <i>Namapoikia</i> show that it was a microbial construction. <em>Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.</em> 117(33): 19760-19766., available online at https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2009129117 [details] verified source for family Antcliffe, J. B.; Callow, R. H. T.; Brasier, M. D. (2014). Giving the early fossil record of sponges a squeeze. <em>Biological Reviews.</em> 89(4): 972-1004., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/brv.12090 [details] name verified source Wood, R. A.; Grotzinger, J. P.; Dickson, J. A. D. (2002). Proterozoic modular biomineralized metazoan from the Nama Group, Namibia. <em>Science.</em> 296(5577): 2383-2386., available online at https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1071599 [details] current name source Antcliffe, J. B.; Callow, R. H. T.; Brasier, M. D. (2014). Giving the early fossil record of sponges a squeeze. <em>Biological Reviews.</em> 89(4): 972-1004., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/brv.12090 [details] extant flag source Wood, R. A.; Grotzinger, J. P.; Dickson, J. A. D. (2002). Proterozoic modular biomineralized metazoan from the Nama Group, Namibia. <em>Science.</em> 296(5577): 2383-2386., available online at https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1071599 [details] habitat flag source Wood, R. A.; Grotzinger, J. P.; Dickson, J. A. D. (2002). Proterozoic modular biomineralized metazoan from the Nama Group, Namibia. <em>Science.</em> 296(5577): 2383-2386., available online at https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1071599 [details] Unreviewed
Taxonomic remark Described as an early metazoan (possible sponge), however this is doubted by Antcliffe et al., 2014, who state: "carbonate mineralisation alone cannot be taken as indicative of metazoan affinities because it is widespread in many different microbial and algal groups (e.g. cyanobacteria, rhodophytes and chlorophytes). ... Such a structure could arrive from the calcification of microbial colonies." Mehra et al., 2002 also state that this taxon is a microbial construction. [details]
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