Full reference: J. W. Schopf. 1968. Microflora of the Bitter Springs Formation, Late Precambrian, central Australia. Journal of Paleontology 42:651-688
Parent taxon: Life according to C. W. Allison and S. M. Awramik 1989
See also Hofmann 1976, Schopf 1968 and Zhang 1981
Sister taxa: Amphibrachium, Ampulla, Arbustrum, Archidiscus, Arrhiniella, Attacus fossilis, Axellipsis, Azyrtalia, Balbiriniella, Batoballa, Campylacantha, Clonophycus, Concentricisporites, Cyathinema, Dibolisporites, Dictyosoma, Difflugia, Discospira, Distospicula, Eoconcharium, Eoscenidium, Eucarya, Eukarya, Eukaryota, Fusilabellum, Geminispora, Germinosphaera, Heteracantha, Hyalocyrillium, Indophyton, Leiosphaeridia, Lepidosteus bohemicus, Matthewcyathus, Monera, Multiconotubus, Navifusa, Nodocapsa, Palaeodiscaleksus, Palaeorubus, Penardiella, Petalopus, Petalopus, Pilavia, Polytrichoides, Procaryotae, Prokaryota, Protohepialus, Protohepialus comstocki, Pterospermopsimorpha, Pygacapsa, Rustia, Salpicola, Siderina, Sinocyrtis, Sphaeranasillos, Stegaspis, Tenuocharta, Tetracanthus, Tindiromacula, Tortunema, Toxidium, Triactis, Tyrasotaenia, Vesicophycus, Warrawoonella, Biota
Subtaxa: Glenobotrydion aenigmatis Glenobotrydion granulosum Glenobotrydion kanshiensis Glenobotrydion majorinum Glenobotrydion tetragonalum Glenobotrydion varioforme
Distribution:
• Tonian of Australia (2 collections), Canada (7: Yukon), the Congo-Kinshasa (1), the Russian Federation (1), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (1)
• Calymmian of China (1)
• Statherian of China (1)
• Orosirian of Canada (1: Nunavut)
Total: 15 collections including 17 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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