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Myxococcoides

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1968Myxococcoides Schopf p. 676
1976Myxococcoides Hofmann p. 1061
1978Myxococcoides Oehler p. 290
1980Myxococcoides Horodyski and Donaldson p. 142
1985Myxococcoides Zhang p. 289
1989Myxococcoides Allison and Awramik p. 272
1991Bisphaera Yakschin
1991Caudatiphycus Yakschin
1991Caudatiphycus dolichocaudatus Yakschin
1991Caudatiphycus oblatus Yakschin
1991Glomophycus Yakschin
1991Quaternatiphycus Yakschin
1991Tuberiphycus Yakschin
1995Myxococcoides Sergeev et al. p. 33

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RankNameAuthor
—Life
—Prokaryota
—Bacteria
RankNameAuthor
phylumCyanobacteriaStanier 1973
genusMyxococcoides

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. †Myxococcoides Schopf 1968
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†Myxococcoides compactus Mandal and Maithy 1984
†Myxococcoides congoensis Maithy 1975
†Myxococcoides cracens Oehler 1978
†Myxococcoides globosa Maithy and Shukla 1977
†Myxococcoides grandis Horodyski and Donaldson 1980
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Invalid names: Bisphaera plana Yakschin 1991 [synonym], Caryosphaeroides amplus Yakschin 1991 [synonym], Eogloeocapsa composita Yakschin 1991 [synonym], Glomophycus tortilis Yakschin 1991 [synonym], Phanerosphaerops granulatus Yakschin 1991 [synonym], Phanerosphaerops polymorphus Yakschin 1991 [synonym], Quaternatiphycus sectorialis Yakschin 1991 [synonym], Quaternatiphycus segmentatus Yakschin 1991 [synonym], Tetraphycus amplus Golovenok and Belova 1984 [synonym], Tuberiphycus biparietinus Yakschin 1991 [synonym], Tuberiphycus uniparietinus Yakschin 1991 [synonym]
†Myxococcoides inornata Schopf 1968
†Myxococcoides kingii Muir 1976
†Myxococcoides magnus Maithy and Shukla 1977
†Myxococcoides minor Schopf 1968
†Myxococcoides minutus Muir 1976
†Myxococcoides ramapuraensis Maithy and Shukla 1977
†Myxococcoides reticulata Schopf 1968
†Myxococcoides stragulescens Green et al. 1989
†Myxococcoides verrucosa Maithy 1975
Invalid names: Bisphaera Yakschin 1991 [synonym], Caudatiphycus Yakschin 1991 [synonym], Caudatiphycus dolichocaudatus Yakschin 1991 [nomen dubium], Caudatiphycus oblatus Yakschin 1991 [nomen dubium], Glomophycus Yakschin 1991 [synonym], Quaternatiphycus Yakschin 1991 [synonym], Tuberiphycus 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 Orosirian to the top of the Nemakit-Daldynian or 2050.00000 to 525.50000 Ma

Collections (66 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Orosirian2050.0 - 1800.0Canada (Nunavut) M. inornata (227440) M. minor (227449) M. sp. (227437) M. sp., M. minor (227439)
Orosirian2050.0 - 1800.0Gabon M. minuta (227624)
Statherian1800.0 - 1600.0India (Rajasthan) M. inornata, M. minor, M. compactus (227965)
Statherian1800.0 - 1600.0Australia (Northern Territory) M. kingii (227567 227571 227583 227585) M. minutus, M. konzalovae (227566)
Statherian1800.0 - 1600.0India (Madhya Pradesh) M. ramapuraensis, M. globosa, M. magnus (227768)
Calymmian1600.0 - 1400.0China (Beijing) M. sp., M. grandis (227625)
Calymmian1600.0 - 1400.0Russian Federation M. grandis (227480 227483 227487 227502 227515) M. sp. (227500) M. sp., M. grandis (227508)
Calymmian1600.0 - 1400.0Australia (Northern Territory) M. cracens (227559) M. cracens, M. kingii (227557) M. minuta (227561) M. sp., M. cracens, M. kingii, M. minuta (227560)
Mesoproterozoic - Tonian1600.0 - 850.0Canada (Nunavut) M. minor (221355)
Ectasian1400.0 - 1200.0Russian Federation M. grandis (227495 227496) M. sp. (227491)
Ectasian1400.0 - 1200.0Canada (Nunavut) M. sp., M. grandis (227526)
Stenian1200.0 - 1000.0Canada (Nunavut) M. grandis (227542 227543 227548 227551) M. minor (227549) M. minor, M. grandis (227544 227545) M. sp. (227556)
Tonian1000.0 - 850.0Congo-Kinshasa M. verrucosa, M. congoensis (227766)
Tonian1000.0 - 850.0Svalbard and Jan Mayen M. sp. (227777) M. spp. (227770 227771 227772 227773 227774 227775 227776)
Tonian1000.0 - 850.0Australia (Northern Territory) M. inornata, M. minor, M. reticulata (227452) M. minor, M. reticulata, M. reniformis (227538)
Tonian1000.0 - 850.0Canada (Yukon) M. cantabrigiensis (148717 148718 227534 227537) M. minor (148720 148721) M. minor, M. cantabrigiensis (148719 227531 227536)
Tonian1000.0 - 850.0Greenland M. ovata, M. cantabrigiensis, M. stragulescens (227749) M. ovata, M. inornata, M. cantabrigiensis (227750) M. ovata, M. sp. B, M. sp. C, M. cantabrigiensis (227747) M. sp. (227745) M. sp. B, M. sp. C, M. inornata, M. stragulescens (227748) M. sp. B, M. sp. C, M. stragulescens, M. spp. (227746)
Tonian - Ediacaran1000.0 - 541.0Russian Federation (Arkhangelsk) M. sp. (221522)
Cryogenian850.0 - 635.0USA (California) M. sp. (231847)
Nemakit-Daldynian538.8 - 525.5China (Yunnan) M. grandis, M. kingii (227761)