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Morania

Taxonomy
Morania was named by Walcott (1919). It is not extant. Its type is Morania confluens.

It was assigned to Nostocaceae by Andrews (1970); and to Cyanobacteria by Mankiewicz (1992).

Species
M. antiqua, M. confluens (type species), M. fragmenta, M. sparsa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1919Morania Walcott
1970Morania Andrews
1992Morania Mankiewicz p. 717

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RankNameAuthor
—Life
—Prokaryota
—Bacteria
RankNameAuthor
phylumCyanobacteriaStanier 1973
genusMorania

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. †Morania Walcott 1919
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†Morania antiqua Fenton and Fenton 1937
†Morania confluens Walcott 1919
†Morania fragmenta Walcott 1919
†Morania sparsa Resser and Howell 1938
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Environment: hypersaline, marine, brackish, freshwaterp
Locomotion: stationaryp
Diet: "photoautotroph"p
Created: 2007-12-04 09:01:31
Modified: 2007-12-04 11:01:31
Source: p = phylum
Reference: Vachard and Aretz 2004

Age range: base of the Tonian to the top of the Pridoli or 1000.00000 to 419.62000 Ma

Collections (38 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tonian1000.0 - 720.0Canada (Northwest Territories) M. antiqua (227957 227960 227961)
Dyeran515.3 - 509.7USA (Pennsylvania) M. sparsa (192 226194)
Delamaran509.7 - 505.3USA (Idaho) M. sp. (76096)
Delamaran509.7 - 505.3Canada (British Columbia) M. sp. (84412 84414 84415 84417 84418 84419 84420 84421 84422 84423 84424 84425 84426 84427 84429 84430 84431 84432 84433 84434 84435 84436 84437)
Delamaran509.7 - 505.3USA (Utah) M. fragmenta (77218)
St Davids506.5 - 497.0Canada (British Columbia) M. fragmenta (122017)
Marjumian504.5 - 497.0USA (Utah) M. fragmenta (77206 77207 230679 230682)
Marjumian504.5 - 497.0Canada (British Columbia) M. fragmenta (122071 122072)
Pridoli422.7 - 419.62USA (New York) M. bertiensis (491)