Hormogoneae - Oscillatoriales - Oscillatoriaceae
Full reference: J. W. Schopf. 1968. Microflora of the Bitter Springs Formation, Late Precambrian, central Australia. Journal of Paleontology 42:651-688
Parent taxon: Oscillatoriaceae according to Y. Zhang 1981
See also Oehler 1978, Schopf 1968 and Schopf and Blacic 1971
Sister taxa: Allantomorphus, Archaeonema, Calyptothrix, Cephalophytarion, Circulinema, Contortothrix, Cyanonema, Eomicrocoleus, Eomycetopsis, Filiconstrictosus, Halythrix, Heliconema, Obconicophycus, Obruchevella, Oscillatoriopsis, Palaeoscytonema, Palaeotubulus, Partitiofilum, Tenuofilum
Subtaxa: Palaeolyngbya baraudensis Palaeolyngbya barghoorniana Palaeolyngbya distinctica Palaeolyngbya elongata Palaeolyngbya maxima Palaeolyngbya minor Palaeolyngbya oehlerii Palaeolyngbya spiralis
Ecology: stationary "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Cambrian of China (3 collections)
• Ediacaran of Estonia (2)
• Tonian of Australia (2), Canada (4: Yukon), the Russian Federation (1)
• Stenian of Canada (1: Nunavut)
• Calymmian of Australia (1), China (1), the Russian Federation (1)
• Statherian of India (1)
Total: 17 collections including 22 occurrences
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