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Nostocaceae
Taxonomy
Nostocaceae is a family. It is extant.
It was assigned to Cyanobacteria by Andrews (1970); and to Nostocales by Licari (1978), Sergeev et al. (1995), Amard and Bertrand-Sarfati (1997).
It was assigned to Cyanobacteria by Andrews (1970); and to Nostocales by Licari (1978), Sergeev et al. (1995), Amard and Bertrand-Sarfati (1997).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1970 | Nostocaceae Andrews |
| 1978 | Nostocaceae Licari p. 779 |
| 1995 | Nostocaceae Sergeev et al. p. 30 |
| 1997 | Nostocaceae Amard and Bertrand-Sarfati p. 210 |
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Fm. Nostocaceae
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G. †Anabaenidium Schopf 1968
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†Anabaenidium johnsonii Schopf 1968
†Anabaenidium sophoroides Xu 1984
G. †Archaeoellipsoides Horodyski and Donaldson 1980
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†Archaeoellipsoides bactroformis Sergeev et al. 1995
†Archaeoellipsoides conjunctivus Zhang 1985
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Invalid names: Curviphycus disarticulans Yakschin 1991 [synonym]
†Archaeoellipsoides costatus Sergeev et al. 1995
†Archaeoellipsoides dolichos Zhang 1985
†Archaeoellipsoides elongatus Golovenok and Belova 1984
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Invalid names: Bactrophycus oblongum Zhang 1985 [synonym]
†Archaeoellipsoides grandis Horodyski and Donaldson 1980
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Invalid names: Eosynechococcus giganteus Golovenok and Belova 1984 [synonym]
†Archaeoellipsoides major Golovenok and Belova 1984
†Archaeoellipsoides minor Sergeev et al. 1995
†Archaeoellipsoides obesus Zhang 1985
Invalid names: Bactrophycus Zhang 1985 [synonym], Curviphycus Yakschin 1991 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Collections (27 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Orosirian | Gabon | Archaeoellipsoides elongatus, Archaeoellipsoides dolichos (227624) | |
| Calymmian | China (Tianjin) | Anabaenidium sophoroides (228437) | |
| Calymmian | China (Beijing) | Archaeoellipsoides conjunctivus, Bactrophycus oblongum, Bactrophycus dolichum, Archaeoellipsoides obesus (227625) | |
| Calymmian | Russian Federation | Archaeoellipsoides conjunctivus (227517 227523) Archaeoellipsoides costatus, Archaeoellipsoides major (227515) Archaeoellipsoides dolichos, Archaeoellipsoides major (227510) Archaeoellipsoides elongatus (227508 227512) Archaeoellipsoides grandis (227480) Archaeoellipsoides grandis, Archaeoellipsoides major (227516) Archaeoellipsoides major (227497 227501 227503 227507 227509 227513) Archaeoellipsoides minor, Archaeoellipsoides bactroformis (227485) Archaeoellipsoides minor, Archaeoellipsoides major (227514) | |
| Ectasian | Russian Federation (Chelyabinsk) | Eosphaeronostoc kataskinicum (227739) | |
| Ectasian | Russian Federation | Archaeoellipsoides conjunctivus, Archaeoellipsoides bactroformis, Archaeoellipsoides major (227494) Archaeoellipsoides elongatus (227493) Archaeoellipsoides grandis, Archaeoellipsoides bactroformis (227525) | |
| Ectasian | Canada (Nunavut) | Archaeoellipsoides grandis (227526) | |
| Stenian | Canada (Nunavut) | Archaeoellipsoides obesus (227548) | |
| Tonian | USA (California) | Beckspringia communis (208336) | |
| Tonian | Australia (Northern Territory) | Anabaenidium johnsonii (227452) |