IRMNG taxon details
original description
Landing, E.; English, A.; Keppie, J. D. (2010). Cambrian origin of all skeletalized metazoan phyla—discovery of Earth's oldest bryozoans (Upper Cambrian, southern Mexico). <em>Geology.</em> 38(6): 547-550., available online at https://doi.org/10.1130/g30870.1 [details]
basis of record
www.organismnames.com (Jul 2012) / web search [details]
verified source for family
Hageman, S. J.; Vinn, O. (2023). Late Cambrian <i>Pywackia</i> is a cnidarian, not a bryozoan: Insights from skeletal microstructure. <em>Journal of Paleontology.</em> 97(5): 990-1001., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/jpa.2023.35 [details]
current name source
Hageman, S. J.; Vinn, O. (2023). Late Cambrian <i>Pywackia</i> is a cnidarian, not a bryozoan: Insights from skeletal microstructure. <em>Journal of Paleontology.</em> 97(5): 990-1001., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/jpa.2023.35 [details]
extant flag source
inferred from original work (title) [details]
habitat flag source
inferred from original work (title) [details]
Unreviewed
Taxonomic remark Originally described as a bryozoan; reassigned to Cnidaria (class and order uncertain) by Hageman & Vinn, 2023, presently followed in IRMNG, although possibly not universally accepted at this time. Hageman & Vinn state: The late Cambrian phosphatic fossils identified as Pywackia from the Tiñu Formation, Yudachica Member near Río Salinas, Mexico, are cnidarians but are not assigned to a class or any other suprageneric taxonomic group. Pywackia likely represents a rare, minor clade in an otherwise unknown cnidarian group, possibly, but not directly related to conulariids, octocorals, and/or tabulates. [details]
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