Sphaerophycus Schopf 1968

Coccogoneae - Chroococcales - Chroococcaceae

Full reference: J. W. Schopf. 1968. Microflora of the Bitter Springs Formation, Late Precambrian, central Australia. Journal of Paleontology 42:651-688

Parent taxon: Chroococcaceae according to B. Amard and J. Bertrand-Sarfati 1997

See also Allison and Awramik 1989, Hofmann 1976, Horodyski and Donaldson 1980, Oehler 1978, Schopf 1968, Sergeev et al. 1995 and Zhang 1985

Sister taxa: Abundacapsa, Aphanocapsaopsis, Aphanocapsites, Archaeophycus, Bisacculoides, Coniunctiophycus, Eoaphanocapsa, Eosynechococcus, Globophycus, Gloeocapsamorpha, Gloeodiniopsis, Gloeotheceopsis, Melasmatosphaera, Nanococcus, Palaeomicrocystis, Praechroococcus, Stipulella, Synechocystis, Tetraphycus, Zosterosphaera

Subtaxa: Sphaerophycus densus Sphaerophycus medium Sphaerophycus parvum Sphaerophycus reticulatum Sphaerophycus tetragonalis

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Type: Sphaerophycus parvum

Ecology: stationary "photoautotroph"

Distribution:

• Tonian of Australia (2 collections), Canada (7: Yukon), the Congo-Kinshasa (1), Greenland (5), the Russian Federation (1)

• Stenian of Canada (7: Nunavut)

• Ectasian of Canada (1: Nunavut), the Russian Federation (1)

• Calymmian of Australia (3), China (1), the Russian Federation (1)

• Statherian of Australia (3), Canada (1: Nunavut)

• Orosirian of Canada (7: Nunavut), Gabon (1)

Total: 42 collections including 47 occurrences

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