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Eosynechococcus amadeus

Coccogoneae - Chroococcales - Chroococcaceae

Taxonomy
Eosynechococcus amadeus was named by Knoll and Golubic (1979). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type specimen is Harvard Univ. 60203, TBS-22-1B 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
1979Eosynechococcus amadeus Knoll and Golubic p. 148 fig. 4C
1984Eosynechococcus amadeus Nyberg and Schopf p. 757 figs. 9, 12D-J
1994Eosynechococcus amadeus Sergeev p. 251 fig. 7H

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RankNameAuthor
Life
Prokaryota
Bacteria
phylumCyanobacteriaStanier 1973
classCoccogoneaeThuret 1975
RankNameAuthor
orderChroococcales
familyChroococcaceae
genusEosynechococcus
speciesamadeus

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.

Eosynechococcus amadeus Knoll and Golubic 1979
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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: base of the Ectasian to the top of the Tonian or 1400.00000 to 850.00000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ectasian1400.0 - 1200.0Russian Federation (Chelyabinsk) Eosynechococcus amadeus (227739)
Tonian1000.0 - 850.0Russian Federation (Bashkortostan) Eosynechococcus amadeus (227759)
Tonian1000.0 - 850.0Greenland Eosynechococcus amadeus (227747 227748)
Tonian1000.0 - 850.0Australia (Northern Territory) Eosynechococcus amadeus (type locality: 227538)