Full reference: J. W. Schopf. 1968. Microflora of the Bitter Springs Formation, Late Precambrian, central Australia. Journal of Paleontology 42:651-688
Belongs to Myxococcoides according to H. J. Hofmann and G. D. Jackson 1991
See also Hofmann 1976, Mandal and Maithy 1984, Muir 1976 and Schopf 1968
Sister taxa: Caudatiphycus dolichocaudatus, Caudatiphycus oblatus, Myxococcoides cantabrigiensis, Myxococcoides compactus, Myxococcoides congoensis, Myxococcoides cracens, Myxococcoides globosa, Myxococcoides grandis, Myxococcoides inornata, Myxococcoides kingii, Myxococcoides konzalovae, Myxococcoides magnus, Myxococcoides minutus, Myxococcoides ramapuraensis, Myxococcoides reniformis, Myxococcoides reticulata, Myxococcoides stragulescens, Myxococcoides verrucosa
Type specimen: Harvard Univ. 58479; stage coordinates 30.5 x 122.0. 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 (5: Yukon)
• Stenian of Canada (3: Nunavut)
• Mesoproterozoic of Canada (1: Nunavut)
• Statherian of India (1)
• Orosirian of Canada (2: Nunavut)
Total: 14 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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