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Phanerosphaerops

Taxonomy
Phanerosphaerops was named by Schopf and Blacic (1971). It is considered to be a form taxon.

It was assigned to Chroococcaceae by Schopf and Blacic (1971); and to Cyanobacteria by Sergeev et al. (1995).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1971Phanerosphaerops Schopf and Blacic p. 951
1995Phanerosphaerops Sergeev et al. p. 34

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RankNameAuthor
Life
Prokaryota
Bacteria
RankNameAuthor
phylumCyanobacteriaStanier 1973
genusPhanerosphaerops

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. †Phanerosphaerops Schopf and Blacic 1971
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Phanerosphaerops capitaneus Schopf and Blacic 1971
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 720.00000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Calymmian1600.0 - 1400.0Russian Federation P. magnicellularis (227480)
Ectasian1400.0 - 1200.0Russian Federation P. magnicellularis (227525)
Stenian1200.0 - 1000.0Canada (Nunavut) P. capitaneus (227543)
Tonian1000.0 - 720.0Australia (Northern Territory) P. capitaneus (227538)
Tonian1000.0 - 720.0Svalbard and Jan Mayen P. capitans (227777)