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 H. J. Hofmann 1976
See also Schopf 1968
Sister taxa: Abundacapsa, Aphanocapsaopsis, Aphanocapsites, Archaeophycus, Bisacculoides, Coniunctiophycus, Eoaphanocapsa, Eosynechococcus, Gloeocapsamorpha, Gloeodiniopsis, Gloeotheceopsis, Melasmatosphaera, Nanococcus, Palaeomicrocystis, Praechroococcus, Sphaerophycus, Stipulella, Synechocystis, Tetraphycus, Zosterosphaera
Subtaxa: Globophycus minor Globophycus rugosum
Type: Globophycus rugosum
Ecology: stationary "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Tonian of Australia (2 collections)
• Statherian of Australia (1)
• Orosirian of Canada (3: Nunavut)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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