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Marpolia spissa

Taxonomy
Marpolia spissa was named by Walcott (1919). It is not extant. It is the type species of Marpolia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1919Marpolia spissa Walcott p. 234 figs. plate 52, fig 1
1994Marpolia spissa Briggs et al.

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RankNameAuthor
—Life
—Prokaryota
—Bacteria
RankNameAuthor
phylumCyanobacteriaStanier 1973
genusMarpoliaWalcott 1919
speciesspissaWalcott 1919

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.

†Marpolia spissa Walcott 1919
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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: base of the St Davids to the top of the Marjumian or 509.00000 to 497.00000 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Delamaran511.2 - 506.5Canada (British Columbia) Marpolia spissa (84412 84421 84422 84423 84428 84429 84431 84434 84435)
St Davids509.0 - 497.0Canada (British Columbia) Marpolia spissa (122017 122072)
Marjumian504.5 - 497.0USA (Utah) Marpolia spissa (230679 230682)