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 C. W. Allison and S. M. Awramik 1989
See also Schopf 1968, Schopf and Blacic 1971, Zhang 1981 and Zhang 1985
Sister taxa: Allantomorphus, Archaeonema, Calyptothrix, Circulinema, Contortothrix, Cyanonema, Eomicrocoleus, Eomycetopsis, Filiconstrictosus, Halythrix, Heliconema, Obconicophycus, Obruchevella, Oscillatoriopsis, Palaeolyngbya, Palaeoscytonema, Palaeotubulus, Partitiofilum, Tenuofilum
Subtaxa: Cephalophytarion constrictum Cephalophytarion delicatulum Cephalophytarion grande Cephalophytarion laticellulosum Cephalophytarion minutum Cephalophytarion taenia Cephalophytarion variabile
Ecology: stationary "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Tonian of Australia (2 collections), Canada (1: Yukon)
• Calymmian of China (2)
Total: 5 collections including 11 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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