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Schizothropsis

Taxonomy
Schizothropsis was named by Xu (1984). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type is Schizothropsis caudata.

It was assigned to Cyanobacteria by Xu (1984).

Species
S. caudata (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1984Schizothropsis Xu p. 218

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RankNameAuthor
Life
Prokaryota
Bacteria
RankNameAuthor
phylumCyanobacteriaStanier 1973
genusSchizothropsis

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.

G. †Schizothropsis Xu 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: Calymmian or 1600.00000 to 1400.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Calymmian1600.0 - 1400.0China (Tianjin) S. caudata (228437)