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Nostocales

Hormogoneae - Nostocales

Taxonomy
Nostocales was named by Borzì (1914). It is extant.

It was assigned to Hormogoneae by Sergeev et al. (1995), Amard and Bertrand-Sarfati (1997); and to Cyanophyceae by Schopf and Blacic (1971), Licari (1978), Horodyski and Donaldson (1980) and Kundal (2010).

Subtaxa
Nostocaceae, Rivulariaceae, Scytonemataceae
Entered
by J. Marcot on 2020-03-27

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1914Nostocales Borzì p. 352
1971Nostocales Schopf and Blacic p. 942
1978Nostocales Licari p. 779
1980Nostocales Horodyski and Donaldson p. 149
1995Nostocales Sergeev et al. p. 29
1997Nostocales Amard and Bertrand-Sarfati p. 210
2010Nostocales Kundal

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RankNameAuthor
—Life
—Prokaryota
—Bacteria
phylumCyanobacteriaStanier 1973
RankNameAuthor
classHormogoneaeThuret 1875
orderNostocalesBorzì 1914
orderNostocalesBorzì 1914

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.

Or. Nostocales Borzì 1914
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G. †Anabaenidium Schopf 1968
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†Anabaenidium johnsonii Schopf 1968
G. †Archaeoellipsoides Horodyski and Donaldson 1980
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†Archaeoellipsoides bactroformis Sergeev et al. 1995
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Invalid names: Curviphycus disarticulans Yakschin 1991 [synonym]
†Archaeoellipsoides costatus Sergeev et al. 1995
†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
Invalid names: Bactrophycus Zhang 1985 [synonym], Curviphycus Yakschin 1991 [synonym]
G. †Beckspringia Licari 1978
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†Beckspringia communis Licari 1978
G. †Eosphaeronostoc Sergeev 1992
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G. †Aldanella Kolosov 1966
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†Aldanella monstrata Kolosov 1966
G. †Azyrtalia Vologdin and Drosdova 1969
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†Azyrtalia zonulata Vologdin and Drosdova 1969
G. †Caudiculophycus Schopf 1968
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†Caudiculophycus acuminatus Schopf and Blacic 1971
G. †Celyphus Batten 1973
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†Celyphus rallus Batten 1973
G. Gloeotrichia Agardh
G. †Panomniella Kolosov 1966
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†Panomniella ornata Kolosov 1966
G. †Primorivularia Edhorn 1973
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†Primorivularia robusta Mandal and Maithy 1984
G. †Rivularia Agardh 1886
G. †Spongiostroma Guerich 1906
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†Spongiostroma maeandrinum Guerich 1906
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G. †Circumvaginalis Sergeev 1993
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†Circumvaginalis elongatus Sergeev 1993
G. †Encrusta Daley 1974
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†Encrusta psalliota Daley 1974
G. †Epivalvia Daley 1974
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†Epivalvia edwardsii Daley 1974
G. Scytonema Agardh 1886
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

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Orosirian to the top of the Late/Upper Eocene or 2050.00000 to 33.90000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 1800.0 Ma

Collections (65 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Orosirian2050.0 - 1800.0Gabon Archaeoellipsoides elongatus, Archaeoellipsoides dolichos (227624)
Statherian1800.0 - 1600.0India (Rajasthan) Primorivularia robusta (227965)
Calymmian1600.0 - 1400.0Russian 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) Circumvaginalis elongatus (227481 227482 227484 227486)
Calymmian1600.0 - 1400.0China (Beijing) Archaeoellipsoides conjunctivus, Bactrophycus oblongum, Bactrophycus dolichum, Archaeoellipsoides obesus (227625)
Calymmian1600.0 - 1400.0China (Tianjin) Anabaenidium sophoroides (228437)
Ectasian1400.0 - 1200.0Russian Federation (Chelyabinsk) Eosphaeronostoc kataskinicum (227739)
Ectasian1400.0 - 1200.0Canada (Nunavut) Archaeoellipsoides grandis (227526)
Ectasian1400.0 - 1200.0Russian Federation Archaeoellipsoides conjunctivus, Archaeoellipsoides bactroformis, Archaeoellipsoides major (227494) Archaeoellipsoides elongatus (227493) Archaeoellipsoides grandis, Archaeoellipsoides bactroformis (227525) Circumvaginalis elongatus (227491)
Stenian1200.0 - 1000.0Canada (Nunavut) Archaeoellipsoides obesus (227548)
Tonian1000.0 - 720.0USA (California) Beckspringia communis (208336)
Tonian1000.0 - 720.0Russian Federation (Bashkortostan) Caudiculophycus sp. (227759)
Tonian1000.0 - 720.0Canada (Yukon) Caudiculophycus sp. (148720 227531 227536)
Tonian1000.0 - 720.0Australia (Northern Territory) Caudiculophycus rivularioides, Anabaenidium johnsonii (227452) Caudiculophycus rivularioides, Caudiculophycus acuminatus (227538)
Soudleyan - Marshbrookian458.2 - 454.0Norway Spongiostroma sp. (3251)
Caradoc458.2 - 449.5USA (Tennessee) Spongiostroma sp. (80005 80597)
Katian - Hirnantian452.8 - 443.1Sweden (Dalarne) Spongiostroma dalecarlica (73413)
Rawtheyan448.8 - 445.2Canada (Quebec) Spongiostroma sp. (80603)
Rawtheyan448.8 - 445.2China (Sichuan) Rivularia sp. (80155)
Gamachian445.5 - 443.1Canada (Quebec) Spongiostroma sp. (80615)
Pragian413.02 - 410.62Russian Federation Spongiostroma sp. (24018)
Famennian372.15 - 358.86China (Guangxi) Rivularia sp. (38188)
Julian237.0 - 233.6Slovenia Rivularia sp. (195833)
Carnian237.0 - 227.3Oman Rivularia sp. 1, Rivularia sp. 2, Rivularia sp. 3, Rivularia sp. 4 (24305)
Carnian237.0 - 227.3Greece Rivularia lemaitrae (56714)
Tuvalian233.6 - 227.3Greece Spongiostroma sp. (38018)
Norian227.3 - 205.7Greece Rivularia lemaitrae (56715)
Tithonian - Berriasian149.2 - 137.05Austria Rivularia atanasiui, Rivularia lissaviensis (68261)
Berriasian143.1 - 137.05United Kingdom (England) Celyphus rallus (238757)
Early/Lower Valanginian137.05 - 132.6Romania (Bicaz Gorges) Rivularia piae (138804)
Late/Upper Valanginian137.05 - 132.6Romania (Bicaz Gorges) Rivularia piae (138829)
Valanginian137.05 - 132.6United Kingdom (England) Celyphus rallus (32358)
Valanginian - Barremian137.05 - 121.4Chile (Doceava Región) Celyphus rallus (150015)
Barremian - Aptian125.77 - 113.2Romania Rivularia carpathica, Rivularia dianae, Rivularia lissaviensis, Rivularia piae, Rivularia sp. (148832)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 119.57Romania Rivularia sp. (146241 146242 146251)
Middle Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9South Sudan Celyphus rallus (200012)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) Encrusta psalliota (9070) Epivalvia edweardsii (9069)