Coccogoneae - Chroococcales - Chroococcaceae
Synonym: Microphycus Yakschin 1991
Full reference: H. J. Hofmann. 1976. Precambrian microflora, Belcher Islands, Canada: significance and systematics. Journal of Paleontology 50:1040-1073
Parent taxon: Chroococcaceae according to B. Amard and J. Bertrand-Sarfati 1997
See also Allison and Awramik 1989, Hofmann 1976, Knoll and Golubic 1979 and Sergeev et al. 1995
Sister taxa: Abundacapsa, Aphanocapsaopsis, Aphanocapsites, Archaeophycus, Bisacculoides, Coniunctiophycus, Eoaphanocapsa, Globophycus, Gloeocapsamorpha, Gloeodiniopsis, Gloeotheceopsis, Melasmatosphaera, Nanococcus, Palaeomicrocystis, Praechroococcus, Sphaerophycus, Stipulella, Synechocystis, Tetraphycus, Zosterosphaera
Subtaxa: Eosynechococcus amadeus Eosynechococcus brevis Eosynechococcus grandis Eosynechococcus medius Eosynechococcus moorei
Ecology: stationary "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Tonian of Australia (1 collection), Canada (3: Yukon), Greenland (4), the Russian Federation (1)
• Stenian of Canada (2: Nunavut)
• Ectasian of the Russian Federation (2)
• Calymmian of China (1), the Russian Federation (2)
• Orosirian of Canada (7: Nunavut), Gabon (1)
Total: 24 collections including 25 occurrences
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