Glenobotrydion majorinum Schopf and Blacic 1971

Life

Full reference: J. W. Schopf and J. M. Blacic. 1971. New microorganisms from the Bitter Springs Formation (late Precambrian) of the north-central Amadeus Basin, Australia. Journal of Paleontology 45:925-960

Belongs to Glenobotrydion according to A. V. Nyberg and J. W. Schopf 1984

See also Hofmann 1976 and Schopf and Blacic 1971

Sister taxa: Glenobotrydion aenigmatis, Glenobotrydion granulosum, Glenobotrydion kanshiensis, Glenobotrydion tetragonalum, Glenobotrydion varioforme

Type specimen: Harvard Univ. 58617, TBS-22-4-I, coordinates 55.6/113.2. Its type locality is Ellery Creek, which is in a Tonian peritidal chert in the Bitter Springs Formation of Australia.

Distribution:

• Tonian of Australia (1 collection), the Russian Federation (1)

• Orosirian of Canada (1: Nunavut)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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