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Myxococcoides ramapuraensis

Taxonomy
Myxococcoides ramapuraensis was named by Maithy and Shukla (1977). It is considered to be a form taxon. It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Talsoi River, south of Rampura, which is in a Statherian marine shale in the Suket Shale Formation of India.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. ovata

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1977Myxococcoides ramapuraensis Maithy and Shukla p. 177 figs. Pl 1, fig 1

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RankNameAuthor
—Life
—Prokaryota
—Bacteria
RankNameAuthor
phylumCyanobacteriaStanier 1973
genusMyxococcoides
speciesramapuraensis

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.

†Myxococcoides ramapuraensis Maithy and Shukla 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 - 1600.0India (Madhya Pradesh) Myxococcoides ramapuraensis (type locality: 227768)