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Aulophycus

Taxonomy
Aulophycus was named by Fenton and Fenton (1939). It is not extant. Its type is Aulophycus repens.

It was assigned to Cyanobacteria by Adorno et al. (2017).

Species
A. lucianoi, A. repens (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1939Aulophycus Fenton and Fenton
2017Aulophycus Adorno et al.

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RankNameAuthor
Life
Prokaryota
Bacteria
RankNameAuthor
phylumCyanobacteriaStanier 1973
genusAulophycusFenton and Fenton 1939

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. †Aulophycus Fenton and Fenton 1939
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Aulophycus lucianoi Beurlen and Sommer 1957
Aulophycus repens Fenton and Fenton 1939
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: Atdabanian or 521.00000 to 516.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Atdabanian521.0 - 516.0Russian Federation A. sp. (225261)