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Aphralysiaceae ✝
Source Data |
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Rank | family | ||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Bacteria : Cyanobacteria : Cyanophyceae : Aphralysiaceae | ||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Cyanobacteria : Aphralysiaceae | ||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Aphralysiaceae | ||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 359 - 354 Ma Paleozoic | ||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 331 - 318 Ma Carboniferous | ||||||||||||||||||
Environment | hypersaline,marine,brackish,freshwater (based on Cyanobacteria) | ||||||||||||||||||
Motility | stationary (based on Cyanobacteria) | ||||||||||||||||||
Diet | photoautotroph (based on Cyanobacteria) | ||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | D. Vachard and M. Aretz. 2004. Biostratigraphical precisions on the Early Serpukhovian (Late Mississippian), by means of a carbonate algal microflora (cyanobacteria, algae and pseudo-algae) from La Serre (Montagne Noire, France). Geobios 37(5):643-666 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Aphralysia ✝ genus | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 19 | 359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | 331 Ma Carboniferous |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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2001 | Aphralysiaceae Vachard |
2004 | Aphralysiaceae Vachard and Aretz |
References
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!