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, Mandal and Maithy 1984, Oehler 1978, 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)
• Tonian of Australia (2), Canada (15: Northwest Territories, Yukon), the Congo-Kinshasa (1), Greenland (6), the Russian Federation (2), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (5)
• Neoproterozoic of India (1)
• Stenian of Canada (10: Nunavut)
• Ectasian of the Russian Federation (2), United States (1: Texas)
• Mesoproterozoic of Canada (1: Nunavut)
• 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: 93 collections including 163 occurrences
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