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Cyanonema

Hormogoneae - Oscillatoriales - Oscillatoriaceae

Taxonomy
Cyanonema was named by Schopf (1968). It is considered to be a form taxon.

It was assigned to Oscillatoriaceae by Schopf (1968), Zhang (1981).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1968Cyanonema Schopf p. 670
1981Cyanonema Zhang p. 493

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RankNameAuthor
Life
Prokaryota
Bacteria
phylumCyanobacteriaStanier 1973
RankNameAuthor
classHormogoneaeThuret 1875
orderOscillatoriales
familyOscillatoriaceaeGray 1821
genusCyanonema

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. †Cyanonema Schopf 1968
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Cyanonema attenuatum Schopf 1968
Cyanonema inflatum Oehler 1977
Cyanonema ligamen Zhang 1981
Cyanonema minor Oehler 1977
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 Statherian to the top of the Nemakit-Daldynian or 1800.00000 to 525.50000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Statherian1800.0 - 1600.0Australia (Northern Territory) C. inflatum (227582) C. minor (227592)
Calymmian1600.0 - 1400.0China (Hebei) C. ligamen (227617)
Tonian1000.0 - 720.0Australia (Northern Territory) C. attenuata (227452) C. attenuatum (227538)
Tonian1000.0 - 720.0Australia (South Australia) C. sp. (238051)
Tonian1000.0 - 720.0Canada (Yukon) C. inflatum (148720)
Nemakit-Daldynian538.8 - 525.5China (Xinjiang) C. majus (85502)
Nemakit-Daldynian538.8 - 525.5China (Yunnan) C. inflatum (227763)