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Coniunctiophycus gaoyuzhuangense

Coccogoneae - Chroococcales - Chroococcaceae

Taxonomy
Coniunctiophycus gaoyuzhuangense was named by Zhang (1981). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type specimen is BGP 7803, point mark 3 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Pangjapu Iron Mine, 170-190 m from base, which is in a Calymmian peritidal dolomite in the Gaoyuzhuang Formation of China. It is the type species of Coniunctiophycus.

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1981Coniunctiophycus gaoyuzhuangense Zhang p. 499 figs. Pl 5, fig 3
1984Eomicrocystis elegans Golovenok and Belova
1984Eomicrocystis irregularis Golovenok and Belova
1995Coniunctiophycus gaoyuzhuangense Sergeev et al. p. 25 fig. 12.15

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RankNameAuthor
Life
Prokaryota
Bacteria
phylumCyanobacteriaStanier 1973
classCoccogoneaeThuret 1975
RankNameAuthor
orderChroococcales
familyChroococcaceae
genusConiunctiophycus
speciesgaoyuzhuangense

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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Invalid names: Eomicrocystis elegans Golovenok and Belova 1984 [synonym], Eomicrocystis irregularis Golovenok and Belova 1984 [synonym]
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 Ectasian or 1800.00000 to 1200.00000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Statherian1800.0 - 1600.0China (Hebei) Eomicrocystis irregularis (242313 242314)
Calymmian1600.0 - 1400.0China (Hebei) Coniunctiophycus gaoyuzhuangense (type locality: 227616)
Ectasian1400.0 - 1200.0Russian Federation Coniunctiophycus gaoyuzhuangense (227492)