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Filiconstrictosus diminutus

Hormogoneae - Oscillatoriales - Oscillatoriaceae

Taxonomy
Filiconstrictosus diminutus was named by Schopf and Blacic (1971). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type specimen is Harvard Univ. 58575, TBS-22-4-E, coordinates 51.4/108.5 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Ellery Creek, which is in a Tonian peritidal chert in the Bitter Springs Formation of Australia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1971Filiconstrictosus diminutus Schopf and Blacic p. 948 figs. Pl 106, figs 5,7,8
1989Filiconstrictus diminutus Allison and Awramik p. 274 fig. 8.4

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RankNameAuthor
Life
Prokaryota
Bacteria
phylumCyanobacteriaStanier 1973
classHormogoneaeThuret 1875
RankNameAuthor
orderOscillatoriales
familyOscillatoriaceaeGray 1821
genusFiliconstrictosus
speciesdiminutus

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.

Filiconstrictosus diminutus Schopf and Blacic 1971
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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 720.00000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tonian1000.0 - 720.0Canada (Yukon) Filiconstrictus diminutus (148719 148720 227529)
Tonian1000.0 - 720.0Australia (Northern Territory) Filiconstrictosus diminutus (type locality: 227538)