List of fossil stromatolite taxa
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This is a list of all extinct cyanobacteria genera that formed stromatolites.
| Collenia | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Species | Time period | Location | ||
| †C. frequens | Late Proterozoic | Australia
United States[1] | ||
| †C. symmetrica | ||||
| †C. undosa | ||||
| Conophyton [2][3] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Species | Time period | Location | ||
| †C. basalticum | Early Cambrian or Ediacaran (Vendian) | Australia | ||
| †C. garganicum australae var. nov. | 1080 ± 80mya (Stenian) | Australia | ||
| †C. vindhyanensis | India | |||
| Inzeria [2] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Species | Time period | Location | ||
| †I. intia | Late Proterozoic (Riphean) | Australia | ||
| Jurusania [2] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Species | Time period | Location | ||
| †J. nisvensis | Late Proterozoic (Riphean) | Australia | ||
| Kulparia [2] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Species | Time period | Location | ||
| †K. alicia | Late Proterozoic (Riphean) | Australia | ||
| †K. kulparensis | Late Proterozoic (Riphean) | Australia | ||
| Kussiella[3] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Species | Time period | Location | ||
| †K. kussiensis | India | |||
| Linella [2] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Species | Time period | Location | ||
| †L. avis | Late Proterozoic (Riphean) | Australia | ||
| Pilbaria [2][4] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Species | Time period | Location | ||
| †P. boetsapia | 2.2bya (Paleoproterozoic) | South Africa | ||
| †P. deverella | 1.7bya (Paleoproterozoic) | Australia | ||
| †P. inzeriaformis | 2.2bya (Paleoproterozoic) | South Africa | ||
| †P. perplexa | 1.7 - 2bya (Paleoproterozoic) | Australia
Canada | ||
References
[edit]- ^ "Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales". 79. 1954: 95–96.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ a b c d e f M. R, Walter (1972). "Stromatolites and the biostratigraphy of the Australian Precambrian and Cambrian" (PDF). Special Papers in Palaentology. 11. The Palaeontological Association.
- ^ a b S.M, Mathur (1981). Stromatolites in the Precambrian Vindhyan Supergroup of Central India : A review.
- ^ Grey, Kathleen (1984). Biostratigraphic studies of stromatolites from the Proterozoic Earaheedy Group, Nabberu Basin, Western Australia. ISBN 0724487530.