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Cephalophytarion
Taxonomy
Cephalophytarion was named by Schopf (1968). It is considered to be a form taxon.
It was assigned to Oscillatoriales by Zhang (1985); and to Oscillatoriaceae by Schopf (1968), Schopf and Blacic (1971), Zhang (1981) and Allison and Awramik (1989).
It was assigned to Oscillatoriales by Zhang (1985); and to Oscillatoriaceae by Schopf (1968), Schopf and Blacic (1971), Zhang (1981) and Allison and Awramik (1989).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1968 | Cephalophytarion Schopf p. 669 |
| 1971 | Cephalophytarion Schopf and Blacic p. 943 |
| 1981 | Cephalophytarion Zhang p. 493 |
| 1985 | Cephalophytarion Zhang p. 291 |
| 1989 | Cephalophytarion Allison and Awramik p. 273 |
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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. †Cephalophytarion Schopf 1968
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†Cephalophytarion constrictum Schopf and Blacic 1971
†Cephalophytarion delicatulum Schopf and Blacic 1971
†Cephalophytarion grande Schopf 1968
†Cephalophytarion laticellulosum Schopf and Blacic 1971
†Cephalophytarion minutum Schopf 1968
†Cephalophytarion taenia Zhang 1981
†Cephalophytarion variabile Schopf and Blacic 1971
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Reference: Vachard and Aretz 2004 | |||||
Collections (5 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Calymmian | China (Beijing) | C. taenia (227625) | |
| Calymmian | China (Hebei) | C. taenia (227617) | |
| Tonian | Australia (Northern Territory) | C. grande, C. minutum (227452) C. grande, C. minutum, C. constrictum, C. laticellulosum, C. variabile, C. delicatulum (227538) | |
| Tonian | Canada (Yukon) | C. grande (227537) |