Hormogoneae - Oscillatoriales - Oscillatoriaceae
Alternative combination: Heliconema australiense
Full reference: J. W. Schopf. 1968. Microflora of the Bitter Springs Formation, Late Precambrian, central Australia. Journal of Paleontology 42:651-688
Belongs to Heliconema according to C. W. Allison and S. M. Awramik 1989
See also Schopf 1968 and Schopf and Blacic 1971
Sister taxa: Heliconema bulbosa, Heliconema funiculum
Type specimen: Harvard Univ. 58481; stage coordinates 14.3 x 105.9. 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:
• Tonian of Australia (2 collections), Canada (2: Yukon)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
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