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Circulinema muirae

Hormogoneae - Oscillatoriales - Oscillatoriaceae

Taxonomy
Circulinema muirae was named by Wang et al. (1983). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type specimen is K7943B34 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Sample K7943, Meishucun, which is in a Nemakit-Daldynian carbonate phosphorite in the Yuhucun Formation of China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1983Circulinema muirae Wang et al. p. 159 figs. 4.7, 18.4, 18.5

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RankNameAuthor
Life
Prokaryota
Bacteria
phylumCyanobacteriaStanier 1973
classHormogoneaeThuret 1875
RankNameAuthor
orderOscillatoriales
familyOscillatoriaceaeGray 1821
genusCirculinema
speciesmuirae

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.

Circulinema muirae Wang et al. 1983
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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: Nemakit-Daldynian or 538.80000 to 525.50000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Nemakit-Daldynian538.8 - 525.5China (Yunnan) Circulinema muirae (227762 type locality: 227763)