Where: Northern Territory, Australia (23.8° S, 133.1° E: paleocoordinates 0.0° N, 0.0° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Loves Creek Member (Bitter Springs Formation), Tonian (1000.0 - 850.0 Ma)
• Upper 45 m of the Bitter Springs Formation (Loves Creek Member)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: peritidal; lithified, black chert
Size class: microfossils
Preservation: permineralized, original carbon, replaced with silica
Collected by J.W. Schopf in 1968
Collection methods: peel or thin section
• Repository: Harvard University Paleobotany Collection
Primary reference: J. W. Schopf and J. M. Blacic. 1971. New microorganisms from the Bitter Springs Formation (late Precambrian) of the north-central Amadeus Basin, Australia. Journal of Paleontology 45:925-960 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 227538: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 15.10.2022
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
| Biocatenoides rhabdos | |
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Biocatenoides rhabdos Schopf 1968 | |
| Biocatenoides sphaerula | |
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Biocatenoides sphaerula Schopf 1968 | |
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Glenobotrydion aenigmatis Schopf 1968
Glenobotrydion majorinum n. sp. Schopf and Blacic 1971 | |
| Coccogoneae | |
Sphaerophycus parvum, Zosterosphaera tripunctata, Gloeodiniopsis gregaria n. sp.1, "Gloeodiniopsis lamellosa" = Gloeodiniopsis lamellosa, "Eotetrahedrion princeps n. gen. n. sp." = Gloeodiniopsis lamellosa, "Eozygion minutum n. sp." = Gloeodiniopsis lamellosa, "Bigeminococcus mucidus n. sp." = Gloeodiniopsis lamellosa, "Eozygion grande n. sp." = Gloeodiniopsis lamellosa, "Bigeminococcus lamellosus n. sp." = Gloeodiniopsis lamellosa, Caryosphaeroides pristina, Caryosphaeroides tetras, Globophycus rugosum, Eosynechococcus amadeus n. sp.1
Sphaerophycus parvum Schopf 1968
Zosterosphaera tripunctata Schopf 1968
Gloeodiniopsis gregaria n. sp.1 Knoll and Golubic 1979
"Gloeodiniopsis lamellosa" = Gloeodiniopsis lamellosa Schopf 1968
"Eotetrahedrion princeps n. gen. n. sp." = Gloeodiniopsis lamellosa Schopf 1968
"Eozygion minutum n. sp." = Gloeodiniopsis lamellosa Schopf 1968
"Bigeminococcus mucidus n. sp." = Gloeodiniopsis lamellosa Schopf 1968
"Eozygion grande n. sp." = Gloeodiniopsis lamellosa Schopf 1968
"Bigeminococcus lamellosus n. sp." = Gloeodiniopsis lamellosa Schopf 1968
Caryosphaeroides pristina Schopf 1968
Caryosphaeroides tetras Schopf 1968
Globophycus rugosum Schopf 1968
Eosynechococcus amadeus n. sp.1 Knoll and Golubic 1979 | |
Eoentophysalis cumulus n. sp.1
Eoentophysalis cumulus n. sp.1 Knoll and Golubic 1979 | |
| Hormogoneae | |
Veteronostocale amoenum n. gen. n. sp.
Veteronostocale amoenum n. gen. n. sp. Schopf and Blacic 1971 | |
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Caudiculophycus acuminatus n. sp. Schopf and Blacic 1971
Caudiculophycus rivularioides Schopf 1968 | |
Palaeolyngbya minor n. sp., Cephalophytarion constrictum n. sp., Cephalophytarion variabile n. sp., Cephalophytarion minutum, Cephalophytarion delicatulum n. sp., Cephalophytarion grande, Cephalophytarion laticellulosum n. sp., Calyptothrix annulata, Cyanonema attenuatum, "Heliconema australiense" = Heliconema australiensis, Heliconema funiculum n. sp., Filiconstrictosus majusculus n. sp., Filiconstrictosus diminutus n. sp., Obconicophycus amadeus n. gen. n. sp., Oscillatoriopsis breviconvexa n. sp., Partitiofilum gongyloides n. gen. n. sp.
Palaeolyngbya minor n. sp. Schopf and Blacic 1971
Cephalophytarion constrictum n. sp. Schopf and Blacic 1971
Cephalophytarion variabile n. sp. Schopf and Blacic 1971
Cephalophytarion minutum Schopf 1968
Cephalophytarion delicatulum n. sp. Schopf and Blacic 1971
Cephalophytarion grande Schopf 1968
Cephalophytarion laticellulosum n. sp. Schopf and Blacic 1971
Calyptothrix annulata Schopf 1968
Cyanonema attenuatum Schopf 1968
"Heliconema australiense" = Heliconema australiensis Schopf 1968
Heliconema funiculum n. sp. Schopf and Blacic 1971
Filiconstrictosus majusculus n. sp. Schopf and Blacic 1971
Filiconstrictosus diminutus n. sp. Schopf and Blacic 1971
Obconicophycus amadeus n. gen. n. sp. Schopf and Blacic 1971
Oscillatoriopsis breviconvexa n. sp. Schopf and Blacic 1971
Partitiofilum gongyloides n. gen. n. sp. Schopf and Blacic 1971 | |
Siphonophycus kestron, "Eomycetopsis filiformis" = Siphonophycus robustum, "Tenuofilum septatum" = Siphonophycus septatum
Siphonophycus kestron Schopf 1968
"Eomycetopsis filiformis" = Siphonophycus robustum Schopf 1968
"Tenuofilum septatum" = Siphonophycus septatum Schopf 1968 | |
| Phanerosphaerops capitaneus | |
Phanerosphaerops capitaneus n. sp.
Phanerosphaerops capitaneus n. sp. Schopf and Blacic 1971 | |
| Myxococcoides minor | |
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Myxococcoides minor Schopf 1968 | |
| Myxococcoides | |
Myxococcoides reniformis n. sp.2
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| Myxococcoides reticulata | |
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Myxococcoides reticulata Schopf 1968 | |
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Archaeotrichion contortum Schopf 1968 | |
| Chlorococcaceae | |
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Palaeoanacystis vulgaris Schopf 1968 | |