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Huroniospora microreticulata

Taxonomy
Huroniospora microreticulata was named by Barghoorn (1965). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type specimen is Harvard Univ. 58264, Slide Sch-72 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. It is the type species of Huroniospora.

Synonyms
  • Myxococcoides muricata was named by Schopf and Barghoorn (1969). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type specimen is Harvard Univ. 58535, Skill 58305-C-1, coordinates 41.7x109.0 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is East-northeast of Port Augusta, which is in a Tonian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal dolomite in the Skillogalee Dolomite Formation of Australia.

    It was synonymized subjectively with Huroniospora microreticulata by Muir (1976).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1965Huroniospora microreticulata Barghoorn p. 576 fig. 5.1
1969Myxococcoides muricata Schopf and Barghoorn p. 117 figs. Pl 21, figs 5-9; pl 22, figs 5,6
1976Huroniospora microreticulata Muir p. 147 figs. 5H-O

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumProblematica
RankNameAuthor
genusHuroniospora
speciesmicroreticulata

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.

Huroniospora microreticulata Barghoorn 1965
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Invalid names: Myxococcoides muricata Schopf and Barghoorn 1969 [synonym]
Diagnosis
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Measurements
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No ecological data are available

Age range: base of the Orosirian to the top of the Tonian or 2050.00000 to 720.00000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Orosirian2050.0 - 1800.0Canada (Ontario) Huroniospora microreticulata (type locality: 227603 227604)
Tonian1000.0 - 720.0Australia (South Australia) Myxococcoides muricata (215807)