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Archaeoellipsoides costatus

Hormogoneae - Nostocales - Nostocaceae

Taxonomy
Archaeoellipsoides costatus was named by Sergeev et al. (1995). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type specimen is GINPC 465 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Sample 576(48), Kotuikan River, Anabar Uplift, which is in a Calymmian peritidal dolomite in the Kotuikan Formation of the Russian Federation.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1995Archaeoellipsoides costatus Sergeev et al. p. 30 fig. 13.11

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RankNameAuthor
—Life
—Prokaryota
—Bacteria
phylumCyanobacteriaStanier 1973
classHormogoneaeThuret 1875
RankNameAuthor
orderNostocalesBorzì 1914
familyNostocaceae
genusArchaeoellipsoides
speciescostatus

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.

†Archaeoellipsoides costatus Sergeev et al. 1995
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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: Calymmian or 1600.00000 to 1400.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Calymmian1600.0 - 1400.0Russian Federation Archaeoellipsoides costatus (type locality: 227515)