Palaeolyngbya
| Palaeolyngbya | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Kingdom: | Bacillati |
| Phylum: | Cyanobacteria |
| Class: | Cyanophyceae |
| Order: | Oscillatoriales |
| Family: | Oscillatoriaceae |
| Genus: | †Palaeolyngbya Schopf, 1968 |
| Type species | |
| †Palaeolyngbya barhoorniana Schopf, 1968 | |
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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, Kushalgarh Formation, Rhynie Chert and Gaoyuzhuang Formation.