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Platella

Taxonomy
Platella was named by Korolyuk (1963). It is not extant. It is considered to be a form taxon.

It was assigned to Cyanobacteria by Hofmann and Mountjoy (2001).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1963Platella Korolyuk
2001Platella Hofmann and Mountjoy

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RankNameAuthor
Life
Prokaryota
Bacteria
RankNameAuthor
phylumCyanobacteriaStanier 1973
genusPlatellaKorolyuk 1963

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Platella Korolyuk 1963
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Environment: hypersaline, marine, brackish, freshwaterp
Locomotion: stationaryp
Diet: "photoautotroph"p
Created: 2007-12-04 09:01:31
Modified: 2007-12-04 11:01:31
Source: p = phylum
Reference: Vachard and Aretz 2004

Age range: Ediacaran or 635.00000 to 541.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ediacaran635.0 - 541.0Canada (British Columbia) P. sp. (97710)