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Palaeomicrocystis

Taxonomy
Palaeomicrocystis was named by Korde (1955). It is not extant. Its type is Palaeomicrocystis cambrica.

It was assigned to Cyanobacteria by Andrews (1970).

Species
P. cambrica (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1955Palaeomicrocystis Korde
1970Palaeomicrocystis Andrews

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RankNameAuthor
—Life
—Prokaryota
—Bacteria
RankNameAuthor
phylumCyanobacteriaStanier 1973
genusPalaeomicrocystisKorde 1955

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. †Palaeomicrocystis Korde 1955
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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
Collections
No collection or age range data are available