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Synechocystis Sauvageau 1892

Coccogoneae - Chroococcales - Chroococcaceae

Parent taxon: Chroococcaceae according to R. N. Lakhanpal et al. 1976

Sister taxa: Abundacapsa, Aphanocapsaopsis, Aphanocapsites, Archaeophycus, Bisacculoides, Coniunctiophycus, Eoaphanocapsa, Eosynechococcus, Globophycus, Gloeocapsamorpha, Gloeodiniopsis, Gloeotheceopsis, Melasmatosphaera, Nanococcus, Palaeomicrocystis, Praechroococcus, Sphaerophycus, Stipulella, Tetraphycus, Zosterosphaera

Subtaxa: Synechocystis aquatilis

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Ecology: stationary "photoautotroph"

Distribution: found only at Palana, Bikaner (Paleocene of India)

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