Palaeolyngbya

Palaeolyngbya; Temporal range: Calymmian-Devonian, 1590–400 Ma Pha. Proterozoic Archean Had.
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Kingdom:	Bacillati
Phylum:	Cyanobacteriota
Class:	Cyanophyceae
Order:	Oscillatoriales
Family:	Oscillatoriaceae
Genus:	† Palaeolyngbya ; Schopf, 1968
Type species
	†Palaeolyngbya barhoorniana; Schopf, 1968
Species
	See text

Last updated August 26, 2025

Palaeolyngbya (meaning "primitive Lyngbya " or "before Lyngbya ") is a cyanobacteria from the Proterozoic. Its cells are roughly 10 microns wide. Fossils have been recorded from the Bitter Springs Group,^[1]^[2] Kushalgarh Formation,^[3] Rhynie Chert ^[4] and Gaoyuzhuang Formation.^[5]

List of species

P. baraudensisMandal et al, 1984^[3]
P. barhoornianaSchopf, 1968
P. catenataHermann, 1974
P. candedaLuo et al, 1983
P. distinctaMandal et al, 1984
P. elongataMandal et al, 1984
P. kerpiiKrings, 2019^[4]
P. minorSchopf and Blacic, 1971^[2]
P. sinicaYin and Li, 1978^[6]

References

1 2 Schopf, J. William (1968). "Microflora of the Bitter Springs Formation, Late Precambrian, Central Australia". Journal of Paleontology. 42 (3): 651–688.
1 2 Schopf, J. William; Blacic, Jan M. (1971). "New Microorganisms from the Bitter Springs Formation (Late Precambrian) of the North-Central Amadeus Basin, Australia". Journal of Paleontology. 45 (6): 925–960. ISSN 0022-3360.
1 2 Mandal, J.; Maithy, P.K. (31 December 1984). "Microbiota from the Kushalgarh Formation, Delhi Supergroup, India". Journal of Palaeosciences. 32 ((1-3)): 1–19. doi: 10.54991/jop.1984.1358 .
1 2 Krings, Michael (September 2019). "Palaeolyngbya kerpii sp. nov., a large filamentous cyanobacterium with affinities to Oscillatoriaceae from the Lower Devonian Rhynie chert". PalZ. 93 (3): 377–386. doi:10.1007/s12542-019-00475-w.
↑ Shi, Min; Feng, Qinglai; Khan, Maliha Zareen; Zhu, Shixing (December 2017). "An eukaryote-bearing microbiota from the early mesoproterozoic Gaoyuzhuang Formation, Tianjin, China and its significance". Precambrian Research. 303: 709–726. doi:10.1016/j.precamres.2017.09.013.
↑ Yin, Leiming; Li, Z. (January 1978). "Precambrian microfloras of southwest China with reference to their stratigraphic significance". Memoirs of the Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Academica Sinica. 10: 41–108.

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[bitter1-1] 1 2 Schopf, J. William (1968). "Microflora of the Bitter Springs Formation, Late Precambrian, Central Australia". Journal of Paleontology. 42 (3): 651–688.

[bitter2-2] 1 2 Schopf, J. William; Blacic, Jan M. (1971). "New Microorganisms from the Bitter Springs Formation (Late Precambrian) of the North-Central Amadeus Basin, Australia". Journal of Paleontology. 45 (6): 925–960. ISSN 0022-3360.

[kushalgarh-3] 1 2 Mandal, J.; Maithy, P.K. (31 December 1984). "Microbiota from the Kushalgarh Formation, Delhi Supergroup, India". Journal of Palaeosciences. 32 ((1-3)): 1–19. doi: 10.54991/jop.1984.1358 .

[rhynie-4] 1 2 Krings, Michael (September 2019). "Palaeolyngbya kerpii sp. nov., a large filamentous cyanobacterium with affinities to Oscillatoriaceae from the Lower Devonian Rhynie chert". PalZ. 93 (3): 377–386. doi:10.1007/s12542-019-00475-w.

[5] Shi, Min; Feng, Qinglai; Khan, Maliha Zareen; Zhu, Shixing (December 2017). "An eukaryote-bearing microbiota from the early mesoproterozoic Gaoyuzhuang Formation, Tianjin, China and its significance". Precambrian Research. 303: 709–726. doi:10.1016/j.precamres.2017.09.013.

[6] Yin, Leiming; Li, Z. (January 1978). "Precambrian microfloras of southwest China with reference to their stratigraphic significance". Memoirs of the Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Academica Sinica. 10: 41–108.

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