Oscillatoriopsis robusta Horodyski and Donaldson 1980

Hormogoneae - Oscillatoriales - Oscillatoriaceae

Full reference: R. J. Horodyski and J. A. Donaldson. 1980. Microfossils from the Middle Proterozoic Dismal Lakes Group, Arctic Canada. Precambrian Research 11:125-159

Belongs to Oscillatoriopsis according to R. J. Horodyski and J. A. Donaldson 1980

Sister taxa: Oscillatoriopsis acuminata, Oscillatoriopsis awramikii, Oscillatoriopsis breviconvexa, Oscillatoriopsis cuboides, Oscillatoriopsis curta, Oscillatoriopsis disciformis, Oscillatoriopsis glabra, Oscillatoriopsis hemisphaerica, Oscillatoriopsis majesticum, Oscillatoriopsis majuscula, Oscillatoriopsis obtusa, Oscillatoriopsis psilata, Oscillatoriopsis schopfii, Oscillatoriopsis tuberculata

Type specimen: GSC-57989; coordinates 30.4x/8.2y. Its type locality is Locality A42, Dismal Lakes, which is in an Ectasian peritidal dolomite in the Kendall River Formation of Canada.

Ecology: stationary "photoautotroph"

Distribution: found only at Locality A42, Dismal Lakes

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