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Myxococcoides minor

Taxonomy
Myxococcoides minor was named by Schopf (1968). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type specimen is Harvard Univ. 58479; stage coordinates 30.5 x 122.0 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is North of Ross River Tourist Camp, which is in a Tonian peritidal chert in the Bitter Springs Formation of Australia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1968Myxococcoides minor Schopf p. 676 figs. Pl 81, fig 1; pl 83, fig 10
1976Myxococcoides minor Hofmann p. 1061 figs. Pl 7, figs 4-8
1976Myxococcoides minor Muir p. 153
1984Myxococcoides minor Mandal and Maithy p. 6 figs. Pl 1, figs 3,4; pl 3, fig 24
1991Myxococcoides minor Hofmann and Jackson p. 374 figs. 8.1-8.5

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RankNameAuthor
—Life
—Prokaryota
—Bacteria
RankNameAuthor
phylumCyanobacteriaStanier 1973
genusMyxococcoides
speciesminor

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.

†Myxococcoides minor Schopf 1968
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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 Orosirian to the top of the Tonian or 2050.00000 to 850.00000 Ma

Collections (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Orosirian2050.0 - 1800.0Canada (Nunavut) Myxococcoides minor (227439 227449)
Statherian1800.0 - 1600.0India (Rajasthan) Myxococcoides minor (227965)
Mesoproterozoic - Tonian1600.0 - 850.0Canada (Nunavut) Myxococcoides minor (221355)
Stenian1200.0 - 1000.0Canada (Nunavut) Myxococcoides minor (227544 227545 227549)
Tonian1000.0 - 850.0Australia (Northern Territory) Myxococcoides minor (type locality: 227452 227538)
Tonian1000.0 - 850.0Canada (Yukon) Myxococcoides minor (148719 148720 148721 227531 227536)