Alternative combination: Eomycetopsis robusta
Synonym: Eomycetopsis filiformis Schopf 1968
Full reference: J. W. Schopf. 1968. Microflora of the Bitter Springs Formation, Late Precambrian, central Australia. Journal of Paleontology 42:651-688
Belongs to Siphonophycus according to L. A. Riedman et al. 2023
See also Allison and Awramik 1989, Altermann and Schopf 1995, Hofmann 1976, Hofmann and Jackson 1991, Knoll and Calder 1983, Knoll and Golubic 1979, Muir 1976, Nyberg and Schopf 1984, Schopf 1968, Sergeev 1994, Sergeev et al. 1995, Wang et al. 1983 and Zhang 1981
Sister taxa: Siphonophycus antiquus, Siphonophycus capitaneum, Siphonophycus inornatum, Siphonophycus kestron, Siphonophycus punctatum, Siphonophycus septatum, Siphonophycus solidum, Siphonophycus transvaalensis, Siphonophycus typicum
Type specimens:
- Siphonophycus robustum: Harvard Univ. 58491; stage coordinates 36.7 x 107.6. Its type locality is North of Ross River Tourist Camp, which is in a Tonian peritidal chert in the Bitter Springs Formation of Australia.
- Eomycetopsis filiformis: Harvard Univ. 58496; stage coordinates 36.0 x 105.9. Its type locality is North of Ross River Tourist Camp, which is in a Tonian peritidal chert in the Bitter Springs Formation of Australia.
Ecology: stationary "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Cambrian of China (3 collections)
• Wonokan of Argentina (1)
• Ediacaran of Estonia (2), Norway (3)
• Neoproterozoic of India (1)
• Tonian of Australia (2), Canada (7: Northwest Territories, Yukon), Greenland (5), the Russian Federation (1), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (4)
• Stenian of Canada (10: Nunavut)
• Ectasian of the Russian Federation (1)
• Mesoproterozoic of Canada (1: Nunavut)
• Calymmian of China (1), the Russian Federation (1)
• Statherian of Australia (2)
• Orosirian of Canada (3: Nunavut)
• Neoarchean of South Africa (1)
Total: 49 collections including 50 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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