Parent taxon: Cyanophyta according to W. Kiessling 2003
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, Millaria, Myxophyceae, Lithocodium, Oscillatoriacea, Callosicoccus, Cladophorites, Rothpletzella, Somphospongia, Sigmopollis, Setula, Porostromata, Cyanophyceae, Antiquus, Desmekalamos
Subtaxa: Sphaerocodium bornemanni
Type: Sphaerocodium bornemanni
Ecology: stationary "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Triassic of Austria (1 collection), Greece (1), Indonesia (1), Italy (2), Serbia and Montenegro (2)
• Permian of Mexico (1)
• Devonian of Afghanistan (18), Australia (1), Belgium (3), Canada (6: Alberta, Northwest Territories, Nunavut), China (2), the Czech Republic (3), France (2), Germany (2), the Russian Federation (4), Spain (4), United States (1: Nevada)
• Silurian to Devonian of United States (1: Alaska)
• Silurian of Canada (5: Nunavut, Ontario, Quebec, Québec), United States (1: Indiana)
• Chazyan of United States (1: Vermont)
• Ordovician of Canada (4: Newfoundland and Labrador, Quebec), China (3), United States (1: Tennessee)
Total: 70 collections including 72 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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