Rothpletzella

Rothpletzella
Temporal range:
Scientific classification
Domain: Bacteria
Kingdom: Bacillati
Phylum: Cyanobacteria
Genus: †Rothpletzella
Wood, 1948
Type species
Sphaerocodium gotlandicum
Rothpletz, 1908
Species
  • †R. gotlandica (Rothpletz) Wood, 1948
  • †R. longita Liu, Wu, Yang & Riding, 2016
  • †R. munthei (Rothpletz) Wood, 1948
  • †R. straeleni (Lecomte, 1939)
Synonyms

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. It has been hypothesised to be a cyanobacterium, and shares morphological similarities with extant cyanobacteria. The genus is named in honor of August Rothpletz.

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