Hormogoneae - Nostocales - Nostocaceae
Synonym: Curviphycus disarticulans Yakschin 1991
Full reference: Y. Zhang. 1985. Stromatolitic microbiota from the Middle Proterozoic Wumishan Formation (Jixian Group) of the Ming Tombs, Beijing, China. Precambrian Research 30:277-302
Belongs to Archaeoellipsoides according to V. N. Sergeev et al. 1995
See also Zhang 1985
Sister taxa: Archaeoellipsoides bactroformis, Archaeoellipsoides costatus, Archaeoellipsoides dolichos, Archaeoellipsoides elongatus, Archaeoellipsoides grandis, Archaeoellipsoides major, Archaeoellipsoides minor, Archaeoellipsoides obesus
Type specimens:
- Archaeoellipsoides conjunctivus: BCWB-04, coordinates 109.0x/12.5y. Its type locality is Chuihua Hill, southwest of Dingling (Ming Tombs), which is in a Calymmian carbonate dolomite in the Wumishan Formation of China.
- Curviphycus disarticulans:
Ecology: stationary "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Ectasian of the Russian Federation (1 collection)
• Calymmian of China (1), the Russian Federation (2)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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