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Archaeoellipsoides elongatus

Hormogoneae - Nostocales - Nostocaceae

Taxonomy
Eosynechococcus elongatus was named by Golovenok and Belova (1984). It is considered to be a form taxon.

It was recombined as Archaeoellipsoides elongatus by Sergeev et al. (1995), Amard and Bertrand-Sarfati (1997).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1984Eosynechococcus elongatus Golovenok and Belova
1985Bactrophycus oblongum Zhang p. 298 figs. 7L-P, 8C?
1995Archaeoellipsoides elongatus Sergeev et al. p. 31 figs. 12.8-12.11
1997Archaeoellipsoides elongatus Amard and Bertrand-Sarfati p. 210 fig. 10D

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RankNameAuthor
Life
Prokaryota
Bacteria
phylumCyanobacteriaStanier 1973
classHormogoneaeThuret 1875
RankNameAuthor
orderNostocalesBorzì 1914
familyNostocaceae
genusArchaeoellipsoides
specieselongatus(Golovenok and Belova 1984)

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 elongatus Golovenok and Belova 1984
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Invalid names: Bactrophycus oblongum Zhang 1985 [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 Orosirian to the top of the Ectasian or 2050.00000 to 1200.00000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Orosirian2050.0 - 1800.0Gabon Archaeoellipsoides elongatus (227624)
Calymmian1600.0 - 1400.0Russian Federation Archaeoellipsoides elongatus (227508 227512)
Calymmian1600.0 - 1400.0China (Beijing) Bactrophycus oblongum (227625)
Ectasian1400.0 - 1200.0Russian Federation Archaeoellipsoides elongatus (227493)