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Scissilisphaera regularis

Coccogoneae - Pleurocapsales

Taxonomy
Scissilisphaera regularis was named by Knoll and Calder (1983). It is considered to be a form taxon. It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is K2035, Murchisonfjorden, which is in a Tonian peritidal dolomite in the Ryssö Formation of Svalbard and Jan Mayen. It is the type species of Scissilisphaera.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1983Scissilisphaera regularis Knoll and Calder p. 482 figs. Pl 59

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RankNameAuthor
—Life
—Prokaryota
—Bacteria
phylumCyanobacteriaStanier 1973
RankNameAuthor
classCoccogoneaeThuret 1975
orderPleurocapsales
genusScissilisphaera
speciesregularis

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.

†Scissilisphaera regularis Knoll and Calder 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: Tonian or 1000.00000 to 720.00000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tonian1000.0 - 720.0Svalbard and Jan Mayen Scissilisphaera regularis (227772 type locality: 227777 227778)