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
Belongs to Oscillatoriopsis according to L. A. Riedman et al. 2023
See also Mandal and Maithy 1984 and Schopf 1968
Sister taxa: Oscillatoriopsis acuminata, Oscillatoriopsis awramikii, Oscillatoriopsis breviconvexa, Oscillatoriopsis cuboides, Oscillatoriopsis curta, Oscillatoriopsis disciformis, Oscillatoriopsis glabra, Oscillatoriopsis hemisphaerica, Oscillatoriopsis majesticum, Oscillatoriopsis majuscula, Oscillatoriopsis psilata, Oscillatoriopsis robusta, Oscillatoriopsis schopfii, Oscillatoriopsis tuberculata
Type specimen: Harvard Univ. 58448; stage coordinates 19.6 x 107.3. Its type locality is North of Ross River Tourist Camp, which is in a Tonian peritidal chert in the Bitter Springs Formation of Australia.
Ecology: stationary "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Ediacaran of China (1 collection)
• Tonian of Australia (1), Canada (2: Yukon)
• Stenian of Canada (1: Nunavut)
• Statherian of Australia (1), China (1), India (1)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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