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Oscillatoriopsis majesticum

Hormogoneae - Oscillatoriales - Oscillatoriaceae

Taxonomy
Cephalophytarion majesticum was named by Allison (1989). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type specimen is CA 554 at 32.6x20.2 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Sample CA554, upper Tindir Creek, which is in a Tonian deep subtidal ramp lime mudstone in Canada.

It was recombined as Oscillatoriopsis majesticum by Sergeev et al. (1995).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1989Cephalophytarion majesticum Allison p. 273 figs. 8.7, 8.8
1995Oscillatoriopsis majesticum Sergeev et al. p. 29 fig. 15.11

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RankNameAuthor
Life
Prokaryota
Bacteria
phylumCyanobacteriaStanier 1973
classHormogoneaeThuret 1875
RankNameAuthor
orderOscillatoriales
familyOscillatoriaceaeGray 1821
genusOscillatoriopsis
speciesmajesticum()

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 (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Calymmian1600.0 - 1400.0Russian Federation Oscillatoriopsis majesticum (227517)
Tonian1000.0 - 850.0Canada (Yukon) Cephalophytarion majesticum (148717 148719 148720 227529 227531 227537)