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Pleurocapsales
Taxonomy
Pleurocapsales is an order. It is extant.
It was assigned to Coccogoneae by Knoll et al. (1975); and to Cyanobacteria by Taylor et al. (2008).
It was assigned to Coccogoneae by Knoll et al. (1975); and to Cyanobacteria by Taylor et al. (2008).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1975 | Pleurocapsales Knoll et al. p. 2489 |
| 2008 | Pleurocapsales Taylor et al. p. 1027 |
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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.
Or. Pleurocapsales
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G. †Scissilisphaera Knoll and Calder 1983
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†Scissilisphaera gradata Green et al. 1989
†Scissilisphaera regularis Knoll and Calder 1983
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Orosirian to the top of the Tonian or 2050.00000 to 850.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 1800.0 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 1800.0 Ma
Collections (9 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Orosirian | Canada (Nunavut) | Pleurocapsa sp. (227444) | |
| Tonian | Canada (Yukon) | Phacelogeminus lineatus (227531 227532 227536) | |
| Tonian | Australia (South Australia) | Palaeopleurocapsa wopfnerii (215807) | |
| Tonian | Svalbard and Jan Mayen | Scissilisphaera regularis (227772 227777 227778) | |
| Tonian | Greenland | Scissilisphaera gradata (227746) |