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Siphonophycus punctatum

Hormogoneae

Taxonomy
Siphonophycus punctatus was named by Maithy (1975). It is considered to be a form taxon. It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Sample RG 32.453, drill core S13B, Kanshi, which is in a Tonian carbonate limestone in the Congo-Kinshasa.

It was recombined as Animikiea punctata by Mandal and Maithy (1984); it was corrected as Siphonophycus punctatum by Riedman et al. (2023).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1975Siphonophycus punctatus Maithy p. 137 figs. Pl 1, fig 5
1984Animikiea punctata Mandal and Maithy p. 8
2023Siphonophycus punctatum Riedman et al. p. 29 fig. 13I

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RankNameAuthor
Life
Prokaryota
Bacteria
phylumCyanobacteriaStanier 1973
RankNameAuthor
classHormogoneaeThuret 1875
genusSiphonophycus
speciespunctatum()

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.

Siphonophycus punctatum Maithy 1975
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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: base of the Statherian to the top of the Ediacaran or 1800.00000 to 538.80000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Statherian1800.0 - 1600.0Australia (Northern Territory) Siphonophycus punctatum (232740)
Stenian1200.0 - 1000.0Canada (Nunavut) Siphonophycus punctatum (221355)
Tonian1000.0 - 720.0Congo-Kinshasa Siphonophycus punctatus (type locality: 227767)
Ediacaran635.0 - 538.8Estonia (Ida-Viru) Siphonophycus punctatum (221354)