Hormogoneae - Oscillatoriales - Oscillatoriaceae
Full reference: J. W. Schopf. 1968. Microflora of the Bitter Springs Formation, Late Precambrian, central Australia. Journal of Paleontology 42:651-688
Parent taxon: Oscillatoriaceae according to C. W. Allison and S. M. Awramik 1989
See also Hofmann 1976, Knoll and Golubic 1979 and Zhang 1981
Sister taxa: Allantomorphus, Archaeonema, Calyptothrix, Cephalophytarion, Circulinema, Contortothrix, Cyanonema, Eomicrocoleus, Filiconstrictosus, Halythrix, Heliconema, Obconicophycus, Obruchevella, Oscillatoriopsis, Palaeolyngbya, Palaeoscytonema, Palaeotubulus, Partitiofilum, Tenuofilum
Subtaxa: Eomycetopsis cylindrica Eomycetopsis pflugii Eomycetopsis psilata Eomycetopsis reticulata Eomycetopsis rugosa Eomycetopsis septata
Ecology: stationary "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Tonian of the Congo-Kinshasa (2 collections), India (1)
• Ectasian of United States (1: Texas)
• Calymmian of Australia (1)
• Statherian of India (1)
• Orosirian of Canada (3: Nunavut)
Total: 9 collections including 12 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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