Coccogoneae - Chroococcales - Chroococcaceae
Synonyms: Bigeminococcus Schopf and Blacic 1971, Caryosphaeroides Schopf 1968, Eotetrahedrion Schopf and Blacic 1971, Eozygion Schopf and Blacic 1971
Full reference: J. W. Schopf. 1968. Microflora of the Bitter Springs Formation, Late Precambrian, central Australia. Journal of Paleontology 42:651-688
Parent taxon: Chroococcaceae according to V. N. Sergeev et al. 1995
See also Allison and Awramik 1989, Hofmann 1976, Knoll and Golubic 1979, Schopf 1968, Schopf and Blacic 1971, Zhang 1981 and Zhang 1988
Sister taxa: Abundacapsa, Aphanocapsaopsis, Aphanocapsites, Archaeophycus, Bisacculoides, Coniunctiophycus, Eoaphanocapsa, Eosynechococcus, Globophycus, Gloeocapsamorpha, Gloeotheceopsis, Melasmatosphaera, Nanococcus, Palaeomicrocystis, Praechroococcus, Sphaerophycus, Stipulella, Synechocystis, Tetraphycus, Zosterosphaera
Subtaxa: Bigeminococcus grandis Caryosphaeroides pristina Caryosphaeroides tetras Gloeodiniopsis gregaria Gloeodiniopsis hebeiensis Gloeodiniopsis lamellosa Gloeodiniopsis mikros Gloeodiniopsis pangjapuensis
Type: Gloeodiniopsis lamellosa
Ecology: stationary "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Cambrian of China (1 collection)
• Tonian of Australia (2), Canada (4: Yukon), Greenland (7), the Russian Federation (1)
• Stenian of Canada (3: Nunavut)
• Ectasian of the Russian Federation (6)
• Calymmian of China (2)
• Statherian of Australia (1), China (1)
• Orosirian of Canada (1: Nunavut)
Total: 29 collections including 43 occurrences
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