Palaeolyngbya

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]

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[1]
Species
See text

List of species

• P. baraudensis Mandal et al, 1984^[3]
• P. barhoorniana Schopf, 1968
• P. catenata Hermann, 1974
• P. candeda Luo et al, 1983
• P. distincta Mandal et al, 1984
• P. elongata Mandal et al, 1984
• P. kerpii Krings, 2019^[4]
• P. minor Schopf and Blacic, 1971^[2]
• P. sinica Yin and Li, 1978^[6]