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Ostiana

Taxonomy
Ostiana was named by Hermann (1976).

It was assigned to Cyanobacteria by Ragozina et al. (2003).

Species lacking formal opinion data
O. microcystis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1976Ostiana Hermann
2003Ostiana Ragozina et al.

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RankNameAuthor
—Life
—Prokaryota
—Bacteria
RankNameAuthor
phylumCyanobacteriaStanier 1973
genusOstianaHermann 1976

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. †Ostiana Hermann 1976
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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 Stenian to the top of the Tonian or 1200.00000 to 720.00000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Stenian1200.0 - 1000.0Canada (Nunavut) O. microcystis (221355)
Tonian1000.0 - 720.0Sweden (Jonkoping) O. microcystis (242318)
Tonian1000.0 - 720.0Canada (Northwest Territories) O. sp. (614)
Tonian - Ediacaran1000.0 - 538.8Russian Federation (Arkhangelsk) O. microcystis (221522)