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Palaeolyngbya oehlerii

Hormogoneae - Oscillatoriales - Oscillatoriaceae

Taxonomy
Palaeolyngbya oehlerii was named by Wang et al. (1983). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type specimen is K7943A27 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.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1983Palaeolyngbya oehlerii Wang et al. p. 162 figs. 6.10, 6.11

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RankNameAuthor
Life
Prokaryota
Bacteria
phylumCyanobacteriaStanier 1973
classHormogoneaeThuret 1875
RankNameAuthor
orderOscillatoriales
familyOscillatoriaceaeGray 1821
genusPalaeolyngbya
speciesoehlerii

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.

Palaeolyngbya oehlerii 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: one only


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