†Namapoikia Wood et al. 2002
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Full reference: R. A. Wood, J. P. Grotzinger, and J. A. D. Dickson. 2002. Proterozoic Modular Biomineralized Metazoan from the Nama Group, Namibia. Science 296(5577):2383-2386
Parent taxon: Prokaryota according to A. Mehra et al. 2020
See also Wood et al. 2002 and Wood and Penny 2018
Sister taxa: Archaea, Archaeoscillatoriopsis, Archaeotrichion, Bacteria, Eoleptonema, Primaevifilum
Subtaxa: Namapoikia rietoogensis
Type: Namapoikia rietoogensis
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal
Distribution: found only at Rietoog, Driedoornvlagte pinnacle reef complex ( of Namibia)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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