Full reference: I. F. Nikitin, M. B. Gnilovskaya, I. T. Zhuravleva, V. A. Luchinina, and Y. I. Myagkova. 1974. Anderkenskaya biogermnaya gryada i istoriya yeye obrazovaniya [The Anderken bioherm ridge and the history of its origin]. in O. A. Betekhtina, I. T. Thuravleva, eds., Sreda i zhizn v geologicheskom proshlom (paleoekologicheskiye problemy) [Environment and life in the geologic past (paleoecologic problems)], Trudy Instituta Geologii i Geofiziki, Sibirskoye Otdeleniye 84:122-159
Parent taxon: Cyanophyta according to I. F. Nikitin et al. 1974
Sister taxa: Abruptophycus, Acaciella, Agamus, Aldania, Alternella, Alternia, Angarophycus, Antiquophytolithus, Archaeothrix, Arenarina, Artophycus, Aulophycus, Basisphaera, Bevocastria, Borlogella, Brachypleganon, Bursiphycas, Calevia, Calothricites, Calyptophycus, Camasia, Catinella, Chabakoviacea, Chomentovskia, Chomustachia, Cirriphycus, Cladogirvanella, Coccogoneae, Columnaria, Crustophycus, Cyanostroma, Cycularia, Cystostroma, Eoaphanothece, Eoepiphyton, Eophormidium, Eucaspsiphora, Fibrostroma, Filiphycus, Fillostroma, Flexia, Galinia, Georgiana, Glomeophycus, Gouldina, Grenularia, Gruneria, Hecetaphyton, Hormogoneae, Hormosporites, Katernia, Kostinophycus, Lamellophycus, Lamellostroma, Leptophycus, Lermontovaephycus, Lopatinella, Madiganites, Maldeotaina, Manacyathus, Mansurkella, Marpolia, Microcystopsis, Morania, Mussooriella, Myxococcoides, Nerusiandella, Oncobyrsella, Palaeomicrocystis, Paleocalothrix, Paleoisocystis, Papulophycus, Perennaria, Phanerosphaerops, Pilbaria, Platella, Plexostroma, Polybessurus, Protoepiphyton, Ramulostroma, Ramulus, Rhyniella, Scandophycus, Schizothropsis, Shanganella, Sphaerina, Sphaerothallus, Stigonematales, Subtifloria, Talakania, Tarioufetia, Telastroma, Trichostroma, Tubercularia, Tumidophyton, Tunikata, Tuxekanella, Uluksanella, Vesicularia, Vittophyton, Antiquus, Callosicoccus, Cladophorites, Somphospongia, Porostromata, Desmekalamos, Sigmopollis, Millaria, Cyanophyceae, Sphaerocodium, Rothpletzella, Oscillatoriacea, Myxophyceae, Lithocodium
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: stationary "photoautotroph"
Distribution: found only at Anderkenyn-Akchoku, Chu-Ili Range, mud mounds (Ordovician of Kazakhstan)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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