Chuariophyceae - Chuariales - Chuariaceae
Full reference: C. D. Walcott. 1899. Pre-Cambrian fossiliferous formations. Bulletin of the Geological Society of America 10:199-244
Parent taxon: Chuariaceae according to M. D. Guiry and G. M. Guiry 2025
See also Andrews 1970, Knoll and Calder 1983 and Vidal 1990
Sister taxa: Beltanelloides, Tawuia
Subtaxa: Chuaria circularis Chuaria pendjariensis
Ecology: stationary epifaunal "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Cambrian of Iran (1 collection)
• Ediacaran of Burkina Faso (1), Canada (3: Nunavut), China (6), Iran (3), Namibia (1), the Russian Federation (1), Spain (1)
• Cryogenian of the Russian Federation (2)
• Neoproterozoic of China (3)
• Tonian of Canada (6: Northwest Territories), the Russian Federation (1), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (1), United States (2: Arizona, Utah)
• Statherian of China (5)
Total: 37 collections each including a single occurrence
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