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Rhyniella vermiformis

Taxonomy
Rhyniella vermiformis was named by Croft and George (1959). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Rhynie cherts (Tait collection), which is in a Pragian pond chert in the Dryden Flags Formation of the United Kingdom. It is the type species of Rhyniella.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1959Rhyniella vermiformis Croft and George

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RankNameAuthor
Life
Prokaryota
Bacteria
RankNameAuthor
phylumCyanobacteriaStanier 1973
genusRhyniella
speciesvermiformis

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.

Rhyniella vermiformis Croft and George 1959
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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: Pragian or 410.80000 to 407.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pragian410.8 - 407.6United Kingdom (Scotland) Rhyniella vermiformis (type locality: 10721)