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Cyanonema minor

Hormogoneae - Oscillatoriales - Oscillatoriaceae

Taxonomy
Cyanonema minor was named by Oehler (1977). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type specimen is CPC 16924, thin section 73426001, coordinates 2.5x97.1 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Wicken's Hill deposit, borehole WH 14, 63.2 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 minor Oehler p. 345 figs. 13H-J

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

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 minor 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: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Statherian1800.0 - 1600.0Australia (Northern Territory) Cyanonema minor (type locality: 227592)