Synonyms: Beltanelloides Sokolov 1965, Nemiana Palij 1976
Parent taxon: Cyanobacteria according to I. Bobrovskiy et al. 2018
See also Erwin et al. 2011 and Sepkoski 2002
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, Rothpletzella, Millaria, Myxophyceae, Desmekalamos, Antiquus, Lithocodium, Cladophorites, Sigmopollis, Sphaerocodium, Callosicoccus, Setula, Porostromata, Oscillatoriacea, Cyanophyceae, Somphospongia
Subtaxa: Beltanelliformis brunsae Beltanelloides sorichevae Nemiana bakeevi Nemiana simplex
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Poundian of Canada (1: Yukon collection)
• Wonokan of Canada (9: Yukon)
• Ediacaran of Australia (1), Canada (2: Yukon), China (1), India (4), Namibia (2), the Russian Federation (7), Spain (1)
Total: 28 collections including 31 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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