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

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

References edit

  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.
  • Guiry, M.D.; Guiry, G.M. (2008). "Hedstroemia". AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. Retrieved 2009-06-24.