Palaeomicrocystis schopfii Maithy 1975

Coccogoneae - Chroococcales - Chroococcaceae

Full reference: P. K. Maithy. 1975. Micro-organisms from the Bushimay System (late Pre-Cambrian) of Kanshi, Zaire. The Palaeobotanist 22:133-149

Belongs to Palaeomicrocystis according to P. K. Maithy 1975

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Its type locality is Sample RG 32.440, drill core S13B, Kanshi, which is in a Tonian carbonate limestone in the Congo-Kinshasa

Ecology: stationary "photoautotroph"

Distribution: found only at Sample RG 32.440, drill core S13B, Kanshi

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