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Scytonemataceae

Hormogoneae - Nostocales - Scytonemataceae

Taxonomy
Scytonemataceae is a family. It is extant.

It was assigned to Oscillatoriales by Daley (1974); and to Nostocales by Sergeev et al. (1995).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1974Scytonemataceae Daley p. 15
1995Scytonemataceae Sergeev et al. p. 29

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RankNameAuthor
Life
Prokaryota
Bacteria
phylumCyanobacteriaStanier 1973
RankNameAuthor
classHormogoneaeThuret 1875
orderNostocalesBorzì 1914
familyScytonemataceae
familyScytonemataceae

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.

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G. †Circumvaginalis Sergeev 1993
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Circumvaginalis elongatus Sergeev 1993
G. †Encrusta Daley 1974
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Encrusta psalliota Daley 1974
G. †Epivalvia Daley 1974
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Epivalvia edwardsii Daley 1974
G. Scytonema Agardh 1886
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

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Calymmian to the top of the Late/Upper Eocene or 1600.00000 to 33.90000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 1400.0 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Calymmian1600.0 - 1400.0Russian Federation Circumvaginalis elongatus (227481 227482 227484 227486)
Ectasian1400.0 - 1200.0Russian Federation Circumvaginalis elongatus (227491)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) Encrusta psalliota (9070) Epivalvia edweardsii (9069)