Parent taxon: Cyanobacteria according to D. Vachard et al. 2017
See also Andrews 1970
Sister taxa: Abruptophycus, Acaciella, Agamus, Aldania, Alternella, Alternia, Angarophycus, Antiquophytolithus, Archaeothrix, Arenarina, Artophycus, Aulophycus, Basisphaera, Beltanelliformis, Bevocastria, Borlogella, Brachypleganon, Bursiphycas, Calevia, Calothricites, Calyptophycus, Camasia, Catinella, Chabakoviacea, Chomentovskia, Chomustachia, Cirriphycus, Cladogirvanella, Coccogoneae, Columnaria, Crustophycus, Cyanostroma, Cycularia, Cystostroma, Eoaphanothece, Eoepiphyton, Eophormidium, Eoschizothrix, Eucaspsiphora, Fibrostroma, Filiphycus, Fillostroma, Flexia, Galinia, Georgiana, Glenobotrydion, Glomeophycus, Gouldina, Grenularia, Gruneria, Hecetaphyton, Hormogoneae, Hormosporites, Izhella, Katernia, Kostinophycus, Lamellophycus, Lamellostroma, Leptophycus, Lermontovaephycus, Lopatinella, Madiganites, Maldeotaina, Manacyathus, Mansurkella, Marpolia, Microcystopsis, Morania, Mussooriella, Myxococcoides, Nerusiandella, Oncobyrsella, Ostiana, Palaeomicrocystis, Paleocalothrix, Paleoisocystis, Papulophycus, Perennaria, Phanerosphaerops, Pilbaria, Platella, Plexostroma, Polybessurus, Protoepiphyton, Ramulostroma, Ramulus, Rhyniella, Scandophycus, Schizothropsis, Shanganella, Sphaerina, Sphaerothallus, Spirellus, Squamosphaera, Stigonematales, Subtifloria, Talakania, Tarioufetia, Telastroma, Trichostroma, Tubercularia, Tumidophyton, Tunikata, Tuxekanella, Uluksanella, Vesicularia, Vittophyton, Wetheredellidae, Xianella, Antiquus, Myxophyceae, Cyanophyceae, Millaria, Cladophorites, Lithocodium, Somphospongia, Oscillatoriacea, Porostromata, Desmekalamos, Setula, Callosicoccus, Sigmopollis, Sphaerocodium, Rothpletzella
Subtaxa: Nuia sibirica
Type: Nuia sibirica
Ecology: stationary "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Devonian of the Russian Federation (2 collections)
• Whiterockian of Canada (1: Newfoundland and Labrador)
• Arenigian of United States (8: Nevada)
• Arenig of Canada (1: Newfoundland and Labrador), United States (1: Texas)
• Canadian of United States (2: Virginia)
• Ordovician of Argentina (1), Canada (2: Newfoundland and Labrador), China (7), Kazakhstan (1), Mexico (1), the Russian Federation (3), United States (2: Texas, Utah)
• Cambrian of Australia (1)
Total: 33 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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