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Eoaphanocapsa oparinii

Coccogoneae - Chroococcales - Chroococcaceae

Taxonomy
Eoaphanocapsa oparinii was named by Nyberg and Schopf (1984). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type specimen is R3mn-st-2K, stage coordinates 18.7X/11.1Y and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Zilim River, upstream from Bakeyevo, which is in a Tonian peritidal limestone in the Min'yar Formation of the Russian Federation. It is the type species of Eoaphanocapsa.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1984Eoaphanocapsa oparinii Nyberg and Schopf p. 759 figs. 9, 13A-C,D?-F?

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RankNameAuthor
Life
Prokaryota
Bacteria
phylumCyanobacteriaStanier 1973
classCoccogoneaeThuret 1975
RankNameAuthor
orderChroococcales
familyChroococcaceae
genusEoaphanocapsa
speciesoparinii

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.

Eoaphanocapsa oparinii Nyberg and Schopf 1984
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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 - 720.0Russian Federation (Bashkortostan) Eoaphanocapsa oparinii (type locality: 227759)