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Animikiea septata

Hormogoneae - Oscillatoriales - Oscillatoriaceae

Taxonomy
Animikiea septata was named by Barghoorn (1965). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type specimen is Harvard Univ. 58253, slide 67-S and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is 6.4 km west of Schreiber, which is in an Orosirian basinal (siliceous) chert in the Gunflint Chert Formation of Canada.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1965Animikiea septata Barghoorn p. 576 figs. 3.1-3.3
1981Animikiea septata Knoll and Simonson p. 479 fig. 1c
1984Animikiea septata Mandal and Maithy p. 8 figs. Pl 2, fig 16; pl 3, figs 18,19

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RankNameAuthor
Life
Prokaryota
Bacteria
phylumCyanobacteriaStanier 1973
classHormogoneaeThuret 1875
RankNameAuthor
orderOscillatoriales
familyOscillatoriaceaeGray 1821
genusAnimikiea
speciesseptata

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.

Animikiea septata Barghoorn 1965
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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 Orosirian to the top of the Statherian or 2050.00000 to 1600.00000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Orosirian2050.0 - 1800.0Canada (Ontario) Animikiea septata (type locality: 227603)
Orosirian2050.0 - 1800.0Canada (Quebec) Animikiea septata (227738)
Orosirian2050.0 - 1800.0Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) Animikiea septata (227737)
Statherian1800.0 - 1600.0India (Rajasthan) Animikiea septata (227965)