Hedstroemia

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Hedstroemia
Temporal range: Llandovery–Upper Devonian [1]
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Domain: Bacteria
Kingdom: Bacillati
Phylum: Cyanobacteriota
Class: Cyanophyceae
Order: Nostocales
Family: Rivulariaceae
Genus: Hedstroemia
A. Rothpletz, 1913
Type species
Hedstroemia halimedoidea
Species [2]

The extinct genus Hedstroemia was once thought to be a rivulariacean cyanobacterium.[ needs update? ] It forms oval blobs composed of sinuous tubes that have rounded outlines and occurs in conjunction with Solenopora . [3]

Hedstroemia was formerly assigned to the now obsolete taxon porostromata. [4] In 2020, the genus was assigned to the cyanobacteria order Nostocales. [5]

References

  1. "Fossilworks: Hedstroemia". paleodb.org. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
  2. Liu, Lijing; Wu, Yasheng; Yang, Haijun; Riding, Robert (2016). "Ordovician calcified cyanobacteria and associated microfossils from the Tarim Basin, Northwest China: systematics and significance" (PDF). Journal of Systematic Palaeontology . 14 (3): 183–210. doi:10.1080/14772019.2015.1030128. S2CID   129684955.
  3. Riding, R.; Watts, N. (1981). "Silurian algal reef crest in Gotland". Naturwissenschaften. 68 (2): 91. Bibcode:1981NW.....68...91R. doi:10.1007/BF01047229. S2CID   8834679.
  4. Monty, C. L. (1981). "Spongiostromate vs. Porostromate Stromatolites and Oncolites". In Monty, Claude (ed.). Phanerozoic Stromatolites. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer. pp. 1–4. doi:10.1007/978-3-642-67913-1_1. ISBN   978-3-642-67913-1.
  5. Lijing Liu; Yasheng Wu; Hongping Bao; Hongxia Jiang; Lijing Zheng; Yanlong Chen (2020). "Diversity and systematics of Middle-Late Ordovician calcified cyanobacteria and associated microfossils from Ordos Basin, North China". Journal of Paleontology. 95: 1–23. doi:10.1017/jpa.2020.82. S2CID   226349226.