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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Cyanobacteria |
| Class: | Cyanophyceae |
| Genus: | †Kulparia W.V.Preiss & M.R.Walter, 1972 |
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| †K. kulparensis W.V.Preiss & M.R.Walter, 1972
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Kulparia is a genus of fossil stromatolite-forming cyanobacteria from the late Neoproterozoic era. It is named after the town of Kulpara in South Australia, where the type specimen was found nearby.[3][4]
- ^ "Kulparia alicia (P.E.Cloud & Semikhatov) W.V.Preiss & M.R.Walter :: AlgaeBase". www.algaebase.org. Retrieved 2024-06-05.
- ^ "Kulparia kulparensis W.V.Preiss & M.R.Walter :: AlgaeBase". www.algaebase.org. Retrieved 2024-06-05.
- ^ M. R, Walter (1972). "Stromatolites and the biostratigraphy of the Australian Precambrian and Cambrian" (PDF). Special Papers in Palaentology. 11. The Palaeontological Association.
- ^ Preiss, W. V; B.sc. (Hons.) (1971). The Biostratigraphy and Palaeoecology of South Australian Precambrian Stromatolites (PDF). Vol. 1. Department of Geology and Mineralology University of Adelaide.