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Halythrix

Hormogoneae - Oscillatoriales - Oscillatoriaceae

Taxonomy
Halythrix was named by Schopf (1968). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type is Halythrix nodosa.

It was assigned to Oscillatoriaceae by Schopf (1968), Hofmann (1976) and Zhang (1981).

Species
H. nodosa (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1968Halythrix Schopf p. 678
1976Halythrix Hofmann p. 1054
1981Halythrix Zhang p. 495

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RankNameAuthor
—Life
—Prokaryota
—Bacteria
phylumCyanobacteriaStanier 1973
RankNameAuthor
classHormogoneaeThuret 1875
orderOscillatoriales
familyOscillatoriaceaeGray 1821
genusHalythrix

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. †Halythrix Schopf 1968
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†Halythrix nodosa Schopf 1968
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 Orosirian to the top of the Tonian or 2050.00000 to 850.00000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Orosirian2050.0 - 1800.0Canada (Nunavut) H. sp. (227443)
Calymmian1600.0 - 1400.0China (Hebei) H. sp. (227617)
Tonian1000.0 - 850.0Australia (Northern Territory) H. nodosa (227452)
Tonian1000.0 - 850.0Canada (Yukon) H. nodosa (227529 227536)