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Palaeoscytonema indica

Hormogoneae - Oscillatoriales - Oscillatoriaceae

Taxonomy
Palaeoscytonema indica was named by Mandal and Maithy (1984). It is considered to be a form taxon. It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is East of Baraud Village, which is in a Statherian shallow subtidal limestone in the Kushalgarh Formation of India.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1984Palaeoscytonema indica Mandal and Maithy p. 9 figs. Pl 2, fig 12

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RankNameAuthor
—Life
—Prokaryota
—Bacteria
phylumCyanobacteriaStanier 1973
classHormogoneaeThuret 1875
RankNameAuthor
orderOscillatoriales
familyOscillatoriaceaeGray 1821
genusPalaeoscytonema
speciesindica

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.

†Palaeoscytonema indica Mandal and Maithy 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: 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 (Rajasthan) Palaeoscytonema indica (type locality: 227965)