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Prokaryota

Taxonomy
Prokaryota is an unranked clade. It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Prokarya by Margulis (1996).

It was assigned to Life by Ruggiero et al. (2015).

Subtaxa
Archaea (syn. Archaebacteria), Archaeoscillatoriopsis, Archaeotrichion, Bacteria (syn. Eubacteria), Eoleptonema, Namapoikia, Primaevifilum
Sister taxa
Archaea (syn. Archaebacteria), Bacteria (syn. Eubacteria)

Synonymy list
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YearName and author
2015Prokaryota Ruggiero et al. p. 33

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RankNameAuthor
—Life
—Prokaryota
RankNameAuthor
—Prokaryota

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.

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Unr. Archaea Woese et al. 1990
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Unr. Euryarchaeota Woese et al. 1990
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G. Archaeoglobus Stetter 1968
G. Pyrococcus Fiala and Stetter 1986
G. Thermococcus Zillig 1983
G. Thermoplasma Darland 1970
Invalid names: Archaebacteria [synonym], Crenarchaeota [empty]
G. †Archaeotrichion Schopf 1968
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†Archaeotrichion septatum Schopf 1993
Unr. Bacteria Woese et al. 1990
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G. †Ameliaphycus Muir 1976
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G. †Archaeorestis Barghoorn 1965
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†Archaeorestis schreiberensis Barghoorn 1965
G. †Archaeosphaeroides Schopf and Barghoorn 1967
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†Archaeosphaeroides barbertonensis Schopf and Barghoorn 1967
G. †Brachybaculites Gruess 1928
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G. †Cladothricinium Zalessky 1915
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†Cladothricinium pancratovi Zalessky 1915
G. †Cladothryx Renault 1899
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†Cladothryx martyi Renault 1899
G. †Coleobacter Oehler 1977
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†Coleobacter primus Oehler 1977
G. †Eoastrion Barghoorn 1965
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†Eoastrion bifurcatum Barghoorn 1965
†Eoastrion simplex Barghoorn 1965
G. †Eobacterium Barghoorn and Schopf 1966
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†Eobacterium isolatum Barghoorn and Schopf 1966
G. †Ferrimonilis Oehler 1977
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†Ferrimonilis variabile Oehler 1977
G. †Geasterites Pia 1927
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†Geasterites florissantensis Cockerell 1927
G. †Grypania Walter et al. 1976
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†Grypania spiralis Walcott 1899
G. †Micrococcus Renault 1895
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†Micrococcus guignardi Renault 1895
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Invalid names: Hadobacteria [synonym]
Invalid names: Acidobacteria [empty], Actinobacteria [empty], Aquifacae [empty], Armatimonadetes [empty], Bacteroidetes [empty], Caldiserica [empty], Chlamydiae [empty], Chlorobacteria [empty], Chlorobi [empty], Chloroflexi [empty], Chrysiogenetes Ruggiero et al. 2015 [empty], Deferribacteres [empty], Dictyoglomi [empty], Elusimicrobia [empty], Fibrobacteres [empty], Firmicutes [empty], Fusobacteria [empty], Gemmatimonadetes [empty], Lentisphaerae [empty], Nitrospira [empty], Planctomycetes [empty], Proteobacteria [empty], Spriochaetae [empty], Synergistetes [empty], Tenericutes [empty], Thermodesulfobacteria [empty], Thermotogae [empty], Verrocomicrobia [empty]
G. †Ramacia Oehler 1977
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†Ramacia carpenteriana Oehler 1977
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G. †Nodularites Maslov 1956
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†Nodularites cylindricus Maslov 1956
G. †Taeniatum Sin 1962
G. †Thymos Awramik and Barghoorn 1977
G. †Xenothrix Awramik and Barghoorn 1977
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†Xenothrix inconcreta Awramik and Barghoorn 1977
Invalid names: Eubacteria [synonym], Posibacteria [empty]
G. †Eoleptonema Schopf 1983
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†Eoleptonema apex Schopf 1993
†Eoleptonema australicum Schopf 1983
G. †Namapoikia Wood et al. 2002
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†Namapoikia rietoogensis Wood et al. 2002
G. †Primaevifilum Schopf 1983
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†Primaevifilum attenuatum Schopf 1993
†Primaevifilum minutum Schopf 1993
†Primaevifilum septatum Schopf 1983
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available