Hormogoneae - Oscillatoriales - Oscillatoriaceae
Full reference: J. W. Schopf and J. M. Blacic. 1971. New microorganisms from the Bitter Springs Formation (late Precambrian) of the north-central Amadeus Basin, Australia. Journal of Paleontology 45:925-960
Belongs to Oscillatoriopsis according to J. W. Schopf and J. M. Blacic 1971
Sister taxa: Oscillatoriopsis acuminata, Oscillatoriopsis awramikii, Oscillatoriopsis cuboides, Oscillatoriopsis curta, Oscillatoriopsis disciformis, Oscillatoriopsis glabra, Oscillatoriopsis hemisphaerica, Oscillatoriopsis majesticum, Oscillatoriopsis majuscula, Oscillatoriopsis obtusa, Oscillatoriopsis psilata, Oscillatoriopsis robusta, Oscillatoriopsis schopfii, Oscillatoriopsis tuberculata
Type specimen: Harvard Univ. 58564, TBS-22-4-E, coordinates 48.7/106.4. Its type locality is Ellery Creek, which is in a Tonian peritidal chert in the Bitter Springs Formation of Australia.
Ecology: stationary "photoautotroph"
Distribution: found only at Ellery Creek
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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