Synonym: Leiotrichoides Hermann 1974
Full reference: J. W. Schopf. 1968. Microflora of the Bitter Springs Formation, Late Precambrian, central Australia. Journal of Paleontology 42:651-688
Parent taxon: Hormogoneae according to V. N. Sergeev et al. 1995
See also Beukes et al. 1987, Guiry and Guiry 2025, Mandal and Maithy 1984, Oehler 1978, Riedman et al. 2023, Schopf 1968 and Zhang 1981
Sister taxa: Nostocales, Orculiphycus, Oscillatoriales, Veteronostocale
Subtaxa: Siphonophycus antiquus Siphonophycus capitaneum Siphonophycus inornatum Siphonophycus kestron Siphonophycus punctatum Siphonophycus robustum Siphonophycus septatum Siphonophycus solidum Siphonophycus transvaalensis Siphonophycus typicum
Ecology: stationary "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Cambrian of China (3 collections)
• Wonokan of Argentina (2)
• Ediacaran of China (1), Estonia (2), Mongolia (1), Norway (8), the Russian Federation (1)
• Neoproterozoic of India (1)
• Tonian of Australia (9), Canada (15: Northwest Territories, Yukon), the Congo-Kinshasa (1), Greenland (6), the Russian Federation (2), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (5), Sweden (1), United States (10: Arizona)
• Stenian of Canada (11: Nunavut)
• Ectasian of the Russian Federation (2), United States (1: Texas)
• Calymmian of Australia (1), China (3), the Russian Federation (3), United States (2: Montana)
• Statherian of Australia (11), Canada (1: Nunavut)
• Orosirian of Australia (1), Canada (4: Nunavut)
• Neoarchean of South Africa (3)
• Paleoarchean of Australia (1)
Total: 112 collections including 182 occurrences
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