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Coniunctiophycus conglobatum

Coccogoneae - Chroococcales - Chroococcaceae

Taxonomy
Coniunctiophycus conglobatum was named by Zhang (1981). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type specimen is BGP 7804, point mark 9 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.

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1981Coniunctiophycus conglobatum Zhang p. 499 figs. Pl 4, fig 11; pl 5, figs 1,2
1991Eomicrocystis parvulus Yakschin
1995Coniunctiophycus conglobatum Sergeev et al. p. 26 figs. 13.15, 13.16

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

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 parvulus Yakschin 1991 [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 Calymmian to the top of the Ectasian or 1600.00000 to 1200.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Calymmian1600.0 - 1400.0China (Hebei) Coniunctiophycus conglobatum (type locality: 227616)
Ectasian1400.0 - 1200.0Russian Federation Coniunctiophycus conglobatum (227520)