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Encrusta psalliota

Hormogoneae - Nostocales - Scytonemataceae

Taxonomy
Encrusta psalliota was named by Daley (1974). Its type locality is Howgate Bay, Bembridge Marls, Isle of Wight, which is in the Eocene of marl/mudstone the Bembridge Marls Formation the United Kingdom. It is the type species of Encrusta.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1974Encrusta psalliota Daley pp. 16-18 figs. Pl.2 1-4

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

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.

Encrusta psalliota Daley 1974
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Diagnosis
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