Hormogoneae - Oscillatoriales - Oscillatoriaceae

Synonym: Orculiphycus agnastus Yakschin 1991

Full reference: J. W. Schopf and J. M. Blacic. 1971. New microorganisms from the Bitter Springs Formation (late Precambrian) of the north-central Amadeus Basin, Australia. Journal of Paleontology 45:925-960

Belongs to Filiconstrictosus according to V. N. Sergeev et al. 1995

See also Schopf and Blacic 1971

Sister taxa: Filiconstrictosus cephalon, Filiconstrictosus diminutus, Filiconstrictosus magnus

Type specimens:

• Filiconstrictosus majusculus: Harvard Univ. 58567, TBS-22-4-G, coordinates 51.8/121.0. Its type locality is Ellery Creek, which is in a Tonian peritidal chert in the Bitter Springs Formation of Australia.
• Orculiphycus agnastus:

Ecology: stationary "photoautotroph"

Distribution: found only at Ellery Creek

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