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Myxococcoides cantabrigiensis

Taxonomy
Myxococcoides cantabrigiensis was named by Knoll (1982). It is considered to be a form taxon.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1982Myxococcoides cantabrigiensis Knoll
1989Myxococcoides cantabrigiensis Allison and Awramik p. 272 fig. 8.3

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RankNameAuthor
Life
Prokaryota
Bacteria
RankNameAuthor
phylumCyanobacteriaStanier 1973
genusMyxococcoides
speciescantabrigiensisKnoll 1982

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: Tonian or 1000.00000 to 850.00000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tonian1000.0 - 850.0Canada (Yukon) Myxococcoides cantabrigiensis (148717 148718 148719 227531 227534 227536 227537)
Tonian1000.0 - 850.0Greenland Myxococcoides cantabrigiensis (227747 227749 227750) Myxococcoides sp. (227745)