List of fossil stromatolite taxa explained
This is a list of all extinct cyanobacteria genera that formed stromatolites.
| Collenia |
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| †C. frequens | Late Proterozoic | AustraliaUnited States[1] |
| †C. symmetrica | | |
| †C. undosa | | | |
| Conophyton [2] |
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| style=width:200px | Species | style=width:200px | Time period | style=width:300px | Location |
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| †C. basalticum | Early Cambrian or Ediacaran (Vendian) | Australia |
| †C. garganicum australae var. nov. | 1080 ± 80mya (Stenian) | Australia |
| †C. vindhyanensis | | India | |
| Inzeria |
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| style=width:200px | Species | style=width:200px | Time period | style=width:300px | Location |
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| †I. intia | Late Proterozoic (Riphean) | Australia | |
| Jurusania |
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| style=width:200px | Species | style=width:200px | Time period | style=width:300px | Location |
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| †J. nisvensis | Late Proterozoic (Riphean) | Australia | |
| Kulparia |
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| style=width:200px | Species | style=width:200px | Time period | style=width:300px | Location |
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| †K. alicia | Late Proterozoic (Riphean) | Australia |
| †K. kulparensis | Late Proterozoic (Riphean) | Australia | |
| Kussiella[3] |
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| style=width:200px | Species | style=width:200px | Time period | style=width:300px | Location |
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| †K. kussiensis | | India | |
| Linella |
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| †L. avis | Late Proterozoic (Riphean) | Australia | |
Notes and References
- 1954 . Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales . 79 . 95–96.
- M. R . Walter . 1972 . Stromatolites and the biostratigraphy of the Australian Precambrian and Cambrian . Special Papers in Palaentology . . 11 .
- Book: S.M, Mathur . Stromatolites in the Precambrian Vindhyan Supergroup of Central India : A review . 1981.
- Book: Grey, Kathleen . Biostratigraphic studies of stromatolites from the Proterozoic Earaheedy Group, Nabberu Basin, Western Australia . 1984 . 0724487530.
