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Cambroclavus bicornis

Chlorophyceae - Dasycladales

Taxonomy

Sugaites bicornis was named by Qian and Xiao (1984). Its type specimen is Xinjiang Institute of Geology 10583, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Aksu-Wushi, which is in a Meishucunian marine limestone in the Yurtus Formation of China.

It was recombined as Cambroclavus bicornis by Conway Morris et al. (1997).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

C. ludvigsdorfensis

Synonyms

Sugaites soleiformis was named by Qian and Xiao (1984). It is not extant. Its type locality is Aksu-Wushi, which is in a Meishucunian marine limestone in the Yurtus Formation of China.

It was synonymized subjectively with Cambroclavus bicornis by Conway Morris et al. (1997).
Sugaites sicyojdeus was named by Qian and Xiao (1984). It is not extant. Its type locality is Aksu-Wushi, which is in a Meishucunian marine limestone in the Yurtus Formation of China.

It was synonymized subjectively with Cambroclavus bicornis by Conway Morris et al. (1997).
Sugaites hastatus was named by Qian and Xiao (1984). It is not extant. Its type locality is Aksu-Wushi, which is in a Meishucunian marine limestone in the Yurtus Formation of China.

It was synonymized subjectively with Cambroclavus bicornis by Conway Morris et al. (1997).
Sugaites saccatus was named by Qian and Xiao (1984). It is not extant. Its type locality is Aksu-Wushi, which is in a Meishucunian marine limestone in the Yurtus Formation of China.

It was synonymized subjectively with Cambroclavus bicornis by Conway Morris et al. (1997).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1984	Sugaites hastatus Qian and Xiao
1984	Sugaites saccatus Qian and Xiao
1984	Sugaites sicyojdeus Qian and Xiao
1984	Sugaites soleiformis Qian and Xiao
1984	Sugaites bicornis Qian and Xiao p. 79 figs. pl. 1, figs. 9, 12-13
1997	Cambroclavus bicornis Conway Morris et al. p. 172

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Rank	Name	Author
—	Life
—	Eukaryota	()
—	Archaeplastida
—	Chloroplastida
phylum	Chlorophyta	Reichenbach 1834

Rank	Name	Author
class	Chlorophyceae	Kützing 1843
order	Dasycladales	Kützing 1860
genus	Cambroclavus
species	bicornis	()

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.

†Cambroclavus bicornis Qian and Xiao 1984

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Invalid names: Sugaites hastatus Qian and Xiao 1984 [synonym], Sugaites saccatus Qian and Xiao 1984 [synonym], Sugaites sicyojdeus Qian and Xiao 1984 [synonym], Sugaites soleiformis Qian and Xiao 1984 [synonym]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

aragoniteo

Architecture:

porouso

Environment:

coastal, inner shelf, oligotrophic, hypersaline, marine, brackisho

Locomotion:

stationaryo

Attached:

yesp

Life habit:

epifaunalo

Diet:

"photoautotroph"o

Created:

2006-07-05 08:29:01

Modified:

2007-10-05 06:09:29

Source: o = order, p = phylum

Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Meishucunian to the top of the Atdabanian or 530.70000 to 516.00000 Ma

Collections (5 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Meishucunian	530.7 - 521.0	China (Xinjiang)	Sugaites bicornis, Sugaites soleiformis, Sugaites sicyojdeus, Sugaites hastatus, Sugaites saccatus (type locality: 107481)
Atdabanian	521.0 - 516.0	China (Xinjiang)	Cambroclavus bicornis (6815 7824 7825 7827)