†Palaeopleurocapsa wopfnerii Knoll et al. 1975
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Coccogoneae - Pleurocapsales - Pleurocapsaceae
Full reference: A.H. Knoll, E.S. Barghoorn, and S. Golubic. 1975. Paleopleurocapsa wopfnerii gen. et sp. nov.: A Late Precambrian alga and its modern counterpart. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 72(7):2488-2492
Belongs to Palaeopleurocapsa according to A.H. Knoll et al. 1975
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: Harvard Univ. 60218, SKIL 58305-C, coordinates 41.7x88.9. Its type locality is East-northeast of Port Augusta, which is in a Tonian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal dolomite in the Skillogalee Dolomite Formation of Australia.
Ecology: stationary "photoautotroph"
Distribution: found only at East-northeast of Port Augusta
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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