Coccogoneae - Chroococcales - Chroococcaceae
Synonym: Eomicrocystis Golovenok and Belova 1984
Full reference: Y. Zhang. 1981. Proterozoic stromatolite microfloras of the Gaoyuzhuang Formation (Early Sinian: Riphean), Hebei, China. Journal of Paleontology 55:485-506
Parent taxon: Chroococcaceae according to V. N. Sergeev et al. 1995
See also Zhang 1981
Sister taxa: Abundacapsa, Aphanocapsaopsis, Aphanocapsites, Archaeophycus, Bisacculoides, Eoaphanocapsa, Eosynechococcus, Globophycus, Gloeocapsamorpha, Gloeodiniopsis, Gloeotheceopsis, Melasmatosphaera, Nanococcus, Palaeomicrocystis, Praechroococcus, Sphaerophycus, Stipulella, Synechocystis, Tetraphycus, Zosterosphaera
Subtaxa: Coniunctiophycus conglobatum Coniunctiophycus gaoyuzhuangense
Type: Coniunctiophycus gaoyuzhuangense
Ecology: stationary "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Ediacaran of Estonia (2 collections)
• Tonian of Svalbard and Jan Mayen (2)
• Ectasian of the Russian Federation (2)
• Calymmian of China (1)
Total: 7 collections including 8 occurrences
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