Biology:Hedstroemia

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Short description: Extinct genus of algae

Hedstroemia
Temporal range: Llandovery–Upper Devonian[1]
Scientific classification e
(unranked): Viridiplantae
Division: Chlorophyta
Class: Ulvophyceae
Order: Bryopsidales
Family: Codiaceae
Genus: Hedstroemia
A. Rothpletz, 1913
Type species
Hedstroemia halimedoidea
A. Rothpletz, 1913
Species[2]
  • Hedstroemia bifilosa A. Rothpletz, 1913
  • A. Rothpletz, 1913 †Hedstroemia halimedoidea

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". http://paleodb.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?action=checkTaxonInfo&taxon_no=68849. 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". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 14 (3): 183–210. doi:10.1080/14772019.2015.1030128. http://www.robertriding.com/pdf/liu-etal-2016-tarim.pdf. 
  3. Riding, R.; Watts, N. (1981). "Silurian algal reef crest in Gotland". Naturwissenschaften 68 (2): 91. doi:10.1007/BF01047229. Bibcode1981NW.....68...91R. 
  4. Monty, C. L. (1981). "Spongiostromate vs. Porostromate Stromatolites and Oncolites". in Monty, Claude (in en). Phanerozoic Stromatolites. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer. pp. 1–4. doi:10.1007/978-3-642-67913-1_1. ISBN 978-3-642-67913-1. https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-642-67913-1_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. 

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