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Palaeolyngbya barghoorniana

Hormogoneae - Oscillatoriales - Oscillatoriaceae

Taxonomy
Palaeolyngbya barghoorniana was named by Schopf (1968). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type specimen is Harvard Univ. 58441; stage coordinates 38.8 x 119.3 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is North of Ross River Tourist Camp, which is in a Tonian peritidal chert in the Bitter Springs Formation of Australia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1968Palaeolyngbya barghoorniana Schopf p. 665 figs. Pl 77, figs 1-5
1981Palaeolyngbya barghoorniana Zhang p. 495

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RankNameAuthor
—Life
—Prokaryota
—Bacteria
phylumCyanobacteriaStanier 1973
classHormogoneaeThuret 1875
RankNameAuthor
orderOscillatoriales
familyOscillatoriaceaeGray 1821
genusPalaeolyngbya
speciesbarghoorniana

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.

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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 Calymmian to the top of the Tonian or 1600.00000 to 850.00000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Calymmian1600.0 - 1400.0China (Hebei) Palaeolyngbya barghoorniana (227617)
Tonian1000.0 - 850.0Canada (Yukon) Palaeolyngbya barghoorniana (148720 227529 227531 227536)
Tonian1000.0 - 850.0Australia (Northern Territory) Palaeolyngbya barghoorniana (type locality: 227452)