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Encrusta

Hormogoneae - Nostocales - Scytonemataceae

Taxonomy
Encrusta was named by Daley (1974). Its type is Encrusta psalliota.

It was assigned to Scytonemataceae by Daley (1974).

Species
E. psalliota (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1974Encrusta Daley pp. 15-16

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

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. †Encrusta Daley 1974
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†Encrusta psalliota Daley 1974
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: Late/Upper Eocene or 37.71000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) E. psalliota (9070)