Holotype specimen of Protonympha salicifolia from the Late Devonian (Frasnian) Gardeau Sandstone near Naples, New York
Holotype specimen of Protonympha transversa from the Middle Devonian (Givetian) Moscow Formation near Summit, New York
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
†Petalonamae
Clade:
†Rangeomorpha
Genus:
†Protonympha Clarke 1903
Species[citation needed]
Protonympha transversa
Protonympha salicifolia
Protonympha is a form genus for problematic fossils of Devonian age in New York. It has been of special interest because of its morphological similarity with the iconic Ediacaran fossil Spriggina, and may have been a late surviving vendobiont.[1]
^Retallack, G.J. (2018). "Reassessment of the Devonian Problematicum Protonympha as another post-Ediacaran vendobiont". Lethaia. 50 (3): 406–423. Bibcode:2018Letha..51..406R. doi:10.1111/let.12253.
Protonympha is a form genus for problematic fossils of Devonian age in New York. It has been of special interest because of its morphological similarity...
nomen protectum over its disused senior subjective synonym Catocala protonympha Boisduval, 1840, which becomes a nomen oblitum. Yu, Dicky Sick Ki (2012)...
Erniettomorphs were Ediacaran, but the species Erytholus, Rutgersella, and Protonympha, who have by some been included in this group but are by no means clear...
Formation (Sweden) by Castellani et al. (2018). Enigmatic Devonian taxon Protonympha is interpreted as a possible post-Ediacaran vendobiont by Retallack (2018)...
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