Hormogoneae - Oscillatoriales - Oscillatoriaceae
Alternative combination: Cephalophytarion majesticum
Full reference: C. W. Allison. 1989. Taxonomic names, in Organic-walled microfossils from earliest Cambrian or latest Proterozoic Tindir Group rocks, northwest Canada. Precambrian Research 43:253-294
Belongs to Oscillatoriopsis according to V. N. Sergeev et al. 1995
See also Allison 1989
Sister taxa: Oscillatoriopsis acuminata, Oscillatoriopsis awramikii, Oscillatoriopsis breviconvexa, Oscillatoriopsis cuboides, Oscillatoriopsis curta, Oscillatoriopsis disciformis, Oscillatoriopsis glabra, Oscillatoriopsis hemisphaerica, Oscillatoriopsis majuscula, Oscillatoriopsis obtusa, Oscillatoriopsis psilata, Oscillatoriopsis robusta, Oscillatoriopsis schopfii, Oscillatoriopsis tuberculata
Type specimen: CA 554 at 32.6x20.2
Ecology: stationary "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Tonian of Canada (6: Yukon collections)
• Calymmian of the Russian Federation (1)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
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