Coccogoneae - Chroococcales - Chroococcaceae
Alternative combination: Sphaerophycus parvus
Full reference: J. W. Schopf. 1968. Microflora of the Bitter Springs Formation, Late Precambrian, central Australia. Journal of Paleontology 42:651-688
Belongs to Sphaerophycus according to B. Amard and J. Bertrand-Sarfati 1997
See also Allison and Awramik 1989, Hofmann 1976, Hofmann and Jackson 1991, Horodyski and Donaldson 1980, Muir 1976, Oehler 1977, Oehler 1978 and Schopf 1968
Sister taxa: Sphaerophycus densus, Sphaerophycus medium, Sphaerophycus reticulatum, Sphaerophycus tetragonalis
Type specimen: Harvard Univ. 58472; stage coordinates 51.5 x 104.2. Its type locality is North of Ross River Tourist Camp, which is in a Tonian peritidal chert in the Bitter Springs Formation of Australia.
Ecology: stationary "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Tonian of Australia (2 collections), Canada (7: Yukon), Greenland (5)
• Stenian of Canada (6: Nunavut)
• Ectasian of Canada (1: Nunavut)
• Calymmian of Australia (1)
• Statherian of Australia (1), Canada (1: Nunavut)
• Orosirian of Canada (5: Nunavut), Gabon (1)
Total: 30 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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