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Zosterosphaera

Coccogoneae - Chroococcales - Chroococcaceae

Taxonomy
Zosterosphaera was named by Schopf (1968). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type is Zosterosphaera tripunctata.

It was assigned to Pyrrophyta by Schopf (1968); and to Chroococcaceae by Hofmann (1976).

Species
Z. tripunctata (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1968Zosterosphaera Schopf p. 684
1976Zosterosphaera Hofmann p. 1069

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RankNameAuthor
Life
Prokaryota
Bacteria
phylumCyanobacteriaStanier 1973
RankNameAuthor
classCoccogoneaeThuret 1975
orderChroococcales
familyChroococcaceae
genusZosterosphaera

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. †Zosterosphaera Schopf 1968
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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 Tonian or 2050.00000 to 850.00000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Orosirian2050.0 - 1800.0Canada (Nunavut) Z. sp. (227435)
Tonian1000.0 - 850.0Australia (Northern Territory) Z. tripunctata (227452 227538)