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
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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