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Chroococcales

Coccogoneae - Chroococcales

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1971Chroococcales Schopf and Blacic p. 951
1976Chroococcales Hofmann p. 1057
1978Chroococcales Licari p. 780
1978Chroococcales Oehler p. 285
1979Chroococcales Knoll and Golubic p. 148
1980Chroococcales Horodyski and Donaldson p. 140
1981Chroococcales Zhang p. 497
1989Chroococcales Allison and Awramik p. 269
1995Chroococcales Sergeev et al. p. 25
1997Chroococcales Amard and Bertrand-Sarfati p. 207
2008Chroococcales Taylor et al. p. 1027

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RankNameAuthor
—Life
—Prokaryota
—Bacteria
phylumCyanobacteriaStanier 1973
RankNameAuthor
classCoccogoneaeThuret 1975
orderChroococcales
orderChroococcales

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.

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G. †Abundacapsa Licari 1978
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†Abundacapsa impages Licari 1978
G. †Aphanocapsaopsis Maithy and Shukla 1977
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†Aphanocapsaopsis ramapuraensis Maithy and Shukla 1977
†Aphanocapsaopsis sitholeyii Maithy and Shukla 1977
G. †Aphanocapsites Maslov 1956
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G. †Archaeophycus Wang et al. 1983
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†Archaeophycus venustus Wang et al. 1983
G. †Bisacculoides Oehler 1977
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†Bisacculoides grandis Oehler 1977
†Bisacculoides vacua Oehler 1977
G. †Coniunctiophycus Zhang 1981
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Invalid names: Eomicrocystis parvulus Yakschin 1991 [synonym]
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Invalid names: Eomicrocystis elegans Golovenok and Belova 1984 [synonym], Eomicrocystis irregularis Golovenok and Belova 1984 [synonym]
Invalid names: Eomicrocystis Golovenok and Belova 1984 [synonym]
G. †Eoaphanocapsa Nyberg and Schopf 1984
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†Eoaphanocapsa oparinii Nyberg and Schopf 1984
G. †Eosynechococcus Hofmann 1976
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†Eosynechococcus amadeus Knoll and Golubic 1979
†Eosynechococcus brevis Knoll 1982
†Eosynechococcus grandis Hofmann 1976
†Eosynechococcus medius Hofmann 1976
†Eosynechococcus moorei Hofmann 1976
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Invalid names: Microphycus curtus Yakschin 1991 [synonym]
Invalid names: Microphycus Yakschin 1991 [synonym]
G. †Globophycus Schopf 1968
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†Globophycus minor Oehler 1977
†Globophycus rugosum Schopf 1968
G. †Gloeocapsamorpha Zalessky 1916
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†Gloeocapsamorpha karauliensis Maithy and Mandal 1982
†Gloeocapsamorpha prisca Zalessky 1916
G. †Gloeodiniopsis Schopf 1968
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†Gloeodiniopsis gregaria Knoll and Golubic 1979
†Gloeodiniopsis lamellosa Schopf 1968
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Invalid names: Bigeminococcus lamellosus Schopf and Blacic 1971 [synonym], Bigeminococcus mucidus Schopf and Blacic 1971 [synonym], Eotetrahedrion princeps Schopf and Blacic 1971 [synonym], Eozygion grande Schopf and Blacic 1971 [synonym], Eozygion minutum Schopf and Blacic 1971 [synonym], Gloeodiniopsis grandis Sergeev and Krylov 1986 [synonym], Gloeodiniopsis magna Nyberg and Schopf 1984 [synonym], Palaeopleurocapsa kamaelgensis Sergeev and Krylov 1986 [synonym]
†Gloeodiniopsis mikros Knoll 1982
Invalid names: Bigeminococcus Schopf and Blacic 1971 [synonym], Caryosphaeroides Schopf 1968 [synonym], Eotetrahedrion Schopf and Blacic 1971 [synonym], Eozygion Schopf and Blacic 1971 [synonym]
G. †Gloeotheceopsis Zhang 1988
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G. †Melasmatosphaera Hofmann 1976
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†Melasmatosphaera magna Hofmann 1976
†Melasmatosphaera media Hofmann 1976
†Melasmatosphaera parva Hofmann 1976
G. †Nanococcus Oehler 1977
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†Nanococcus vulgaris Oehler 1977
G. †Palaeomicrocystis Maithy 1975
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G. †Praechroococcus Vologdin 1962
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†Praechroococcus catervatis Vologdin 1962
G. †Sphaerophycus Schopf 1968
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†Sphaerophycus densus Maithy 1975
†Sphaerophycus medium Horodyski and Donaldson 1980
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Invalid names: Sphaerophycus wilsonii Knoll 1982 [synonym]
†Sphaerophycus parvum Schopf 1968
G. †Stipulella Maslov 1956
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†Stipulella fascicularis Maslov 1956
G. Synechocystis Sauvageau 1892
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Synechocystis aquatilis Sauvageau 1892
G. †Tetraphycus Oehler 1978
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†Tetraphycus acinulus Oehler 1978
†Tetraphycus diminutivus Oehler 1978
†Tetraphycus gregalis Oehler 1978
†Tetraphycus major Oehler 1978
G. †Zosterosphaera Schopf 1968
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Fm. Entophysalidaceae Geitler 1925
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G. †Chlorogloeaopsis Maithy 1975
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G. †Eoentophysalis Hofmann 1976
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Invalid names: Bulbiphycus sectilis Yakschin 1991 [synonym], Corynophycus compositus Yakschin 1990 [synonym], Corynophycus procerum Yakschin 1990 [synonym], Corynophycus solidus Yakschin 1990 [synonym], Corynophycus varius Yakschin 1990 [synonym], Eoxenococcus guttiformis Yakschin 1990 [synonym], Palaeoanacystis magnicellularis Yakschin 1991 [synonym], Palaeoanacystis parvicellularis Yakschin 1991 [synonym], Phanerosphaerops tenuichlamis Yakschin 1991 [synonym], Tortiliphycus bifilamentosus Yakschin 1991 [synonym]
†Eoentophysalis cumulus Knoll and Golubic 1979
†Eoentophysalis dismallakesensis Horodyski and Donaldson 1980
Invalid names: Bulbiphycus Yakschin 1991 [synonym], Corynophycus Yakschin 1990 [synonym], Eoxenococcus Yakschin 1990 [synonym], Tortiliphycus Yakschin 1991 [synonym]
G. †Myriasporella Oehler 1978
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†Myriasporella pyriformis Oehler 1978
G. †Myxomorpha Muir 1976
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†Myxomorpha janecekii Muir 1976
G. †Vesicophyton Vologdin and Drozdova 1969
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†Vesicophyton punctatum Vologdin and Drozdova 1969
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

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Paleoarchean to the top of the Thanetian or 3600.00000 to 56.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 3200.0 Ma

Collections (104 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Paleoarchean3600.0 - 3200.0Australia (Western Australia) Chroococcales indet. (175541)
Neoarchean2800.0 - 2500.0South Africa Eoentophysalis sp. (227540)
Orosirian2050.0 - 1800.0Gabon Eosynechococcus medius, Sphaerophycus parvum, Tetraphycus major (227624)
Orosirian2050.0 - 1800.0Canada (Nunavut) Chroococcaceae indet., Eosynechococcus grandis, Eozygion minutum, Globophycus sp., Caryosphaeroides sp., Melasmatosphaera magna, Melasmatosphaera media (227437) Eoentophysalis belcherensis (227451) Eosynechococcus grandis (227434) Eosynechococcus grandis, Zosterosphaera sp. (227435) Eosynechococcus medius (227448) Eosynechococcus moorei, Sphaerophycus parvum, Eoentophysalis belcherensis (227442) Eosynechococcus moorei, Sphaerophycus parvum, Melasmatosphaera magna, Melasmatosphaera media, Eoentophysalis belcherensis (227449) Eosynechococcus moorei, Sphaerophycus parvum, Melasmatosphaera parva, Eoentophysalis belcherensis (227444) Globophycus sp., Melasmatosphaera media, Eoentophysalis belcherensis (227450) Melasmatosphaera media (227436) Melasmatosphaera parva, Eoentophysalis belcherensis (227438) Sphaerophycus parvum, Eoentophysalis belcherensis (227441) Sphaerophycus parvum, Globophycus sp., Melasmatosphaera media, Eoentophysalis belcherensis (227439) Sphaerophycus sp. (227732) Sphaerophycus sp., Melasmatosphaera magna (227736)
Statherian1800.0 - 1600.0India (Madhya Pradesh) Aphanocapsaopsis sitholeyii, Aphanocapsaopsis ramapuraensis (227768)
Statherian1800.0 - 1600.0China (Hebei) Gloeodiniopsis sp., Gloeotheceopsis aggregata (227643)
Statherian1800.0 - 1600.0Australia (Northern Territory) Bigeminococcus mucidus (227579) Bisacculoides grandis (227570) Bisacculoides tabeoviscus (227582 227585) Bisacculoides vacua (227569) Globophycus minor (227575) Myxomorpha janecekii (227564) Nanococcus vulgaris (227571 227574 227576 227586) Nanococcus vulgaris, Bisacculoides tabeoviscus (227594) Nanococcus vulgaris, Bisacculoides vacua (227573) Sphaerophycus parvum (227590) Sphaerophycus reticulatum (227565) Sphaerophycus tetragonalis (227566)
Statherian1800.0 - 1600.0India (Rajasthan) Gloeocapsamorpha prisca, Gloeocapsamorpha karauliensis (227965)
Statherian1800.0 - 1600.0Canada (Nunavut) Sphaerophycus parvum (227620)
Calymmian1600.0 - 1400.0Russian Federation Eoentophysalis belcheri (227485) Eosynechococcus moorei (227504) Eosynechococcus moorei, Eoentophysalis belcherensis (227488) Sphaerophycus medium (227524)
Calymmian1600.0 - 1400.0China (Hebei) Eosynechococcus sp., Eoentophysalis belcherensis, Coniunctiophycus gaoyuzhuangense, Coniunctiophycus conglobatum, Nanococcus vulgaris, Gloeodiniopsis pangjapuensis (227616) Gloeodiniopsis hebeiensis (227617)
Calymmian1600.0 - 1400.0China (Beijing) Sphaerophycus medium (227625)
Calymmian1600.0 - 1400.0Australia (Northern Territory) Eoentophysalis belcherensis (227561) Eoentophysalis belcherensis, Nanococcus vulgaris, Sphaerophycus reticulatum, Myxomorpha janecekii (227559) Eoentophysalis belcherensis, Nanococcus vulgaris, Sphaerophycus reticulatum, Tetraphycus major, Myriasporella pyriformis (227560) Eoentophysalis belcherensis, Tetraphycus gregalis, Tetraphycus acinulus, Tetraphycus diminutivus (227557) Sphaerophycus parvum, Eoentophysalis belcherensis, Nanococcus vulgaris (227558)
Mesoproterozoic1600.0 - 1000.0India (Madhya Pradesh) Gloeocapsamorpha sp. (225847)
Ectasian1400.0 - 1200.0USA (Texas) Eoentophysalis sp. (227756)
Ectasian1400.0 - 1200.0Russian Federation Coniunctiophycus conglobatum (227520) Eoentophysalis belcherensis (227490) Gloeodiniopsis sp., Coniunctiophycus gaoyuzhuangense, Eosynechococcus brevis (227492) Sphaerophycus medium (227489)
Ectasian1400.0 - 1200.0Russian Federation (Chelyabinsk) Eoentophysalis belcherensis (227741) Eoentophysalis belcherensis, Gloeodiniopsis lamellosa, Eosynechococcus amadeus (227739) Gloeodiniopsis lamellosa (227740 227742)
Ectasian1400.0 - 1200.0Russian Federation (Bashkortostan) Gloeodiniopsis lamellosa (227743 227744)
Ectasian1400.0 - 1200.0Canada (Nunavut) Sphaerophycus sp., Sphaerophycus parvum, Sphaerophycus medium, Eoentophysalis dismallakesensis (227526)
Stenian1200.0 - 1000.0Canada (Nunavut) Eosynechococcus medius, Eosynechococcus grandis, Sphaerophycus parvum, Melasmatosphaera sp., Gloeodiniopsis sp. 1, Sphaerophycus medium, Tetraphycus hebeiensis, Gloeodiniopsis magna, Gloeodiniopsis mikros (227548) Eosynechococcus medius, Sphaerophycus medium (227544) Gloeodiniopsis magna (227555) Gloeodiniopsis sp. (227556) Sphaerophycus parvum (227546 227547 227549 227553 227554)
Tonian1000.0 - 850.0Svalbard and Jan Mayen Coniunctiophycus sp. (227770 227772)
Tonian1000.0 - 850.0Congo-Kinshasa Sphaerophycus densus, Palaeomicrocystis schopfii, Chlorogloeaopsis zairensis (227766)
Tonian1000.0 - 850.0Russian Federation (Bashkortostan) Gloeodiniopsis lamellosa, Sphaerophycus medium, Gloeodiniopsis magna, Eosynechococcus amadeus, Eoaphanocapsa oparinii (227759)
Tonian1000.0 - 850.0USA (California) Abundacapsa impages (208337)
Tonian1000.0 - 850.0Australia (Northern Territory) Sphaerophycus parvum, Caryosphaeroides pristina, Caryosphaeroides tetras, Globophycus rugosum, Gloeodiniopsis lamellosa, Zosterosphaera tripunctata (227452) Sphaerophycus parvum, Eozygion minutum, Caryosphaeroides pristina, Caryosphaeroides tetras, Globophycus rugosum, Gloeodiniopsis lamellosa, Zosterosphaera tripunctata, Bigeminococcus lamellosus, Bigeminococcus mucidus, Eozygion grande, Eotetrahedrion princeps, Gloeodiniopsis gregaria, Eosynechococcus amadeus, Eoentophysalis cumulus (227538)
Tonian1000.0 - 850.0Canada (Yukon) Eosynechococcus sp., Sphaerophycus parvum (148717 148720) Eosynechococcus sp., Sphaerophycus parvum, Gloeodiniopsis lamellosa, Tetraphycus major (227536) Gloeodiniopsis lamellosa (148715) Sphaerophycus parvum, Gloeodiniopsis lamellosa (227531) Sphaerophycus parvum, Gloeodiniopsis lamellosa, Tetraphycus major (227529) Sphaerophycus parvum, Tetraphycus major (148718 227537) Tetraphycus major (148721)
Tonian1000.0 - 850.0Greenland Eosynechococcus medius, Sphaerophycus parvum, Eoentophysalis belcherensis, Gloeodiniopsis spp. (227745) Eosynechococcus medius, Sphaerophycus parvum, Eoentophysalis belcherensis, Sphaerophycus medium, Gloeodiniopsis mikros, Gloeodiniopsis spp. (227746) Gloeodiniopsis lamellosa (227750) Sphaerophycus parvum, Eoentophysalis belcherensis, Gloeodiniopsis lamellosa, Eosynechococcus amadeus (227747) Sphaerophycus parvum, Eoentophysalis belcherensis, Sphaerophycus medium, Gloeodiniopsis mikros (227749) Sphaerophycus parvum, Gloeodiniopsis mikros, Eosynechococcus amadeus (227748)
Tonian - Cryogenian1000.0 - 635.0India (Madhya Pradesh) Gloeocapsamorpha karauliensis (140265)
Ediacaran635.0 - 541.0Estonia (Merikula) Eomicrocystis malgica (221270)
Ediacaran635.0 - 541.0Estonia (Ida-Viru) Eomicrocystis malgica (221354)
Ediacaran635.0 - 541.0Mongolia (Khövsgöl) Archaeophycus yunnanensis (221239)
Nemakit-Daldynian538.8 - 525.5China (Yunnan) Archaeophycus venustus (227763) Bigeminococcus grandis (227764)
Nemakit-Daldynian538.8 - 525.5China (Hubei) Archaeophycus yunnanensis (85503)
Nemakit-Daldynian538.8 - 525.5China (Xinjiang) Archaeophycus yunnanensis (85502)
Wordian - Lopingian266.9 - 252.17India (Madhya Pradesh) Chroococcales indet. (30175)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0India (Rajasthan) Synechocystis aquatilis (224712)