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Oscillatoriopsis
Taxonomy
Oscillatoriopsis was named by Schopf (1968). It is considered to be a form taxon.
It was assigned to Oscillatoriaceae by Schopf (1968), Schopf and Blacic (1971), Horodyski and Donaldson (1980) and Sergeev et al. (1995).
It was assigned to Oscillatoriaceae by Schopf (1968), Schopf and Blacic (1971), Horodyski and Donaldson (1980) and Sergeev et al. (1995).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1968 | Oscillatoriopsis Schopf p. 666 |
| 1971 | Oscillatoriopsis Schopf and Blacic p. 943 |
| 1980 | Oscillatoriopsis Horodyski and Donaldson p. 149 |
| 1995 | Oscillatoriopsis Sergeev et al. p. 29 |
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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. †Oscillatoriopsis Schopf 1968
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†Oscillatoriopsis acuminata Xu 1984
†Oscillatoriopsis awramikii Wang et al. 1983
†Oscillatoriopsis breviconvexa Schopf and Blacic 1971
†Oscillatoriopsis cuboides Knoll et al. 1988
†Oscillatoriopsis curta Horodyski and Donaldson 1980
†Oscillatoriopsis disciformis Xu 1984
†Oscillatoriopsis glabra Xu 1984
†Oscillatoriopsis hemisphaerica Xu 1984
†Oscillatoriopsis majesticum Allison 1989
†Oscillatoriopsis majuscula Knoll et al. 1988
†Oscillatoriopsis obtusa Schopf 1968
†Oscillatoriopsis psilata Maithy and Shukla 1977
†Oscillatoriopsis robusta Horodyski and Donaldson 1980
†Oscillatoriopsis schopfii Oehler 1977
†Oscillatoriopsis tuberculata Xu 1984
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range: base of the Orosirian to the top of the Nemakit-Daldynian or 2050.00000 to 525.50000 Ma
Collections (26 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Orosirian | Australia (Western Australia) | O. cuboides, O. majuscula (227622) | |
| Statherian | Australia (Northern Territory) | O. obtusa (232734) O. schopfii (227577) | |
| Statherian | India (Rajasthan) | O. obtusa (227965) | |
| Statherian | India (Madhya Pradesh) | O. psilata (227768) | |
| Calymmian | China (Tianjin) | O. acuminata, O. hemisphaerica, O. disciformis, O. glabra, O. tuberculata (228437) | |
| Calymmian | China (Beijing) | O. sp. (227625) | |
| Calymmian | Russian Federation | O. sp. (227499 227519) O. sp., O. majesticum (227517) | |
| Calymmian | USA (Montana) | O. longa (227973) | |
| Mesoproterozoic - Tonian | Canada (Nunavut) | O. amadeus, O. obtusa (221355) | |
| Ectasian | Canada (Nunavut) | O. sp., O. curta, O. robusta (227526) | |
| Tonian | Australia (Northern Territory) | O. breviconvexa (227538) O. obtusa (227452) | |
| Tonian | Canada (Yukon) | Cephalophytarion majesticum (148717 148719 227529 227531 227537) O. obtusa (227536) O. obtusa, Cephalophytarion majesticum (148720) | |
| Ediacaran | Estonia (Ida-Viru) | O. longa (221354) | |
| Nemakit-Daldynian | China (Xinjiang) | O. longa (85502) | |
| Nemakit-Daldynian | China (Yunnan) | O. sp. 2, O. sp. 1, O. awramikii (227763) O. sp. 3 (227762) |