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 V. N. Sergeev et al. 1995
See also Horodyski and Donaldson 1980, Schopf 1968 and Schopf and Blacic 1971
Sister taxa: Allantomorphus, Animikiea, Archaeonema, Calyptothrix, Cephalophytarion, Circulinema, Contortothrix, Cyanonema, Eomicrocoleus, Eomycetopsis, Filiconstrictosus, Halythrix, Heliconema, Ljadovia, Obconicophycus, Obruchevella, Palaeolyngbya, Palaeoscytonema, Palaeotubulus, Partitiofilum, Tenuofilum
Subtaxa: Oscillatoriopsis acuminata Oscillatoriopsis awramikii Oscillatoriopsis breviconvexa Oscillatoriopsis cuboides Oscillatoriopsis curta Oscillatoriopsis disciformis Oscillatoriopsis glabra Oscillatoriopsis hemisphaerica Oscillatoriopsis majesticum Oscillatoriopsis majuscula Oscillatoriopsis obtusa Oscillatoriopsis psilata Oscillatoriopsis robusta Oscillatoriopsis schopfii Oscillatoriopsis tuberculata
Ecology: stationary "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Cambrian of China (3 collections)
• Ediacaran of China (1), Estonia (1)
• Tonian of Australia (2), Canada (7: Yukon)
• Stenian of Canada (1: Nunavut)
• Ectasian of Canada (1: Nunavut)
• Calymmian of China (2), the Russian Federation (3), United States (1: Montana)
• Statherian of Australia (2), China (1), India (2)
• Orosirian of Australia (1)
Total: 28 collections including 40 occurrences
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