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Nanococcus

Coccogoneae - Chroococcales - Chroococcaceae

Taxonomy
Nanococcus was named by Oehler (1977). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type is Nanococcus vulgaris.

It was assigned to Chroococcaceae by Oehler (1977), Oehler (1978) and Zhang (1981).

Species
N. vulgaris (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1977Nanococcus Oehler p. 340
1978Nanococcus Oehler p. 292
1981Nanococcus Zhang p. 501

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RankNameAuthor
—Life
—Prokaryota
—Bacteria
phylumCyanobacteriaStanier 1973
RankNameAuthor
classCoccogoneaeThuret 1975
orderChroococcales
familyChroococcaceae
genusNanococcus

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. †Nanococcus Oehler 1977
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†Nanococcus vulgaris Oehler 1977
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 Statherian to the top of the Calymmian or 1800.00000 to 1400.00000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Statherian1800.0 - 1600.0Australia (Northern Territory) N. vulgaris (227571 227573 227574 227576 227586 227594)
Calymmian1600.0 - 1400.0China (Hebei) N. vulgaris (227616)
Calymmian1600.0 - 1400.0Australia (Northern Territory) N. vulgaris (227558 227559 227560)