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Bisacculoides vacua

Coccogoneae - Chroococcales - Chroococcaceae

Taxonomy
Bisacculoides vacua was named by Oehler (1977). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type specimen is CPC 16925, thin section 73426013A, coordinates 11.0x125.0 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is MacArthur River Mine, borehole G20/25 WD, 59.9 m depth, which is in a Statherian basinal (siliciclastic) shale in the Barney Creek Formation of Australia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1977Bisacculoides vacua Oehler p. 342 figs. 12F-G, ?10N

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RankNameAuthor
Life
Prokaryota
Bacteria
phylumCyanobacteriaStanier 1973
classCoccogoneaeThuret 1975
RankNameAuthor
orderChroococcales
familyChroococcaceae
genusBisacculoides
speciesvacua

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.

Bisacculoides vacua Oehler 1977
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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: Statherian or 1800.00000 to 1600.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Statherian1800.0 - 1600.0Australia (Northern Territory) Bisacculoides vacua (227569 type locality: 227573)