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Mitcheldeania (calcimicrobe)

Hormogoneae - Oscillatoriales - Girvanellaceae

Taxonomy
Mitcheldeania was named by Wethered (1886). It is not extant. It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type is Mitcheldeania nicholsoni.

It was assigned to Problematica by Andrews (1970); and to Girvanellaceae by Krainer and Vachard (2019).

Species
M. nicholsoni (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1886Mitcheldeania Wethered
1970Mitcheldeania Andrews
2019Mitcheldeania Krainer and Vachard p. 22

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RankNameAuthor
Life
Prokaryota
Bacteria
phylumCyanobacteriaStanier 1973
RankNameAuthor
classHormogoneaeThuret 1875
orderOscillatoriales
familyGirvanellaceaeLuchinina 1975
genusMitcheldeaniaWethered 1886

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. †Mitcheldeania Wethered 1886 [calcimicrobe]
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Mitcheldeania nicholsoni Wethered 1886
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 Kinderhookian to the top of the Late/Upper Oxfordian or 358.90000 to 155.70000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kinderhookian358.9 - 352.0Australia (Queensland) Mitcheldeania sp. (36545)
Arundian346.7 - 340.0United Kingdom (Wales) Mitcheldeania sp. (76720)
Asbian - Serpukhovian340.0 - 323.2Russian Federation Mitcheldeania sp. (13278)
Serpukhovian330.9 - 323.2France Mitcheldeania distans (76632)
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Germany Mitcheldeania americana (21257)
Middle Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Germany Mitcheldeania americana (35904)