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Tetraphycus diminutivus

Coccogoneae - Chroococcales - Chroococcaceae

Taxonomy
Tetraphycus diminutivus was named by Oehler (1978). It is considered to be a form taxon. It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Sample 128, Balbirini Homestead, which is in a Calymmian peritidal dolomite in the Balbirini Dolomite Formation of Australia.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1978Tetraphycus diminutivus Oehler p. 296 fig. 9A

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RankNameAuthor
Life
Prokaryota
Bacteria
phylumCyanobacteriaStanier 1973
classCoccogoneaeThuret 1975
RankNameAuthor
orderChroococcales
familyChroococcaceae
genusTetraphycus
speciesdiminutivus

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.

Tetraphycus diminutivus Oehler 1978
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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: Calymmian or 1600.00000 to 1400.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Calymmian1600.0 - 1400.0Australia (Northern Territory) Tetraphycus diminutivus (type locality: 227557)