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Myxococcoides reniformis

Taxonomy
Myxococcoides reniformis was named by Muir (1976). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type specimen is Harvard Univ. 58640, TBS-1-A, 24.1:99.9 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.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1976Myxococcoides reniformis Muir p. 151

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RankNameAuthor
Life
Prokaryota
Bacteria
RankNameAuthor
phylumCyanobacteriaStanier 1973
genusMyxococcoides
speciesreniformis

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 720.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tonian1000.0 - 720.0Australia (Northern Territory) Myxococcoides reniformis (type locality: 227538)