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Cyanonema inflatum

Hormogoneae - Oscillatoriales - Oscillatoriaceae

Taxonomy
Cyanonema inflatum was named by Oehler (1977). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type specimen is CPC 16930, thin section 73426062, coordinates 29.2x120.7 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is W-Fold deposit, borehole WF 13, 253.5 m depth, which is in a Statherian basinal (siliciclastic) shale in the Barney Creek Formation of Australia.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1977Cyanonema inflatum Oehler p. 345 figs. 13C-G
1983Cyanonema inflatum Wang et al. p. 159 fig. 5.12a,b

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RankNameAuthor
Life
Prokaryota
Bacteria
phylumCyanobacteriaStanier 1973
classHormogoneaeThuret 1875
RankNameAuthor
orderOscillatoriales
familyOscillatoriaceaeGray 1821
genusCyanonema
speciesinflatum

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.

Cyanonema inflatum 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: base of the Statherian to the top of the Nemakit-Daldynian or 1800.00000 to 525.50000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Statherian1800.0 - 1600.0Australia (Northern Territory) Cyanonema inflatum (type locality: 227582)
Tonian1000.0 - 850.0Canada (Yukon) Cyanonema inflatum (148720)
Nemakit-Daldynian538.8 - 525.5China (Yunnan) Cyanonema inflatum (227763)