Rothpletzella Temporal range:
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Bacteria |
Phylum: | Cyanobacteria |
Genus: | †
Rothpletzella Wood, 1948 [1] |
Type species | |
Sphaerocodium gotlandicum
Rothpletz, 1908
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Synonyms [2] | |
Coactilum Maslov, 1956 |
Rothpletzella is a genus of calcimicrobe known from the Silurian of Gotland, the Devonian of France, as well as the Ordovician of China. [3] [4] [2] It has been hypothesised to be a cyanobacterium, and shares morphological similarities with extant cyanobacteria. [5] The genus is named in honor of August Rothpletz. [6]
Rothpletzella Temporal range:
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Bacteria |
Phylum: | Cyanobacteria |
Genus: | †
Rothpletzella Wood, 1948 [1] |
Type species | |
Sphaerocodium gotlandicum
Rothpletz, 1908
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Species | |
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Synonyms [2] | |
Coactilum Maslov, 1956 |
Rothpletzella is a genus of calcimicrobe known from the Silurian of Gotland, the Devonian of France, as well as the Ordovician of China. [3] [4] [2] It has been hypothesised to be a cyanobacterium, and shares morphological similarities with extant cyanobacteria. [5] The genus is named in honor of August Rothpletz. [6]