Cephalophytarion constrictum Schopf and Blacic 1971

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 Cephalophytarion according to J. W. Schopf and J. M. Blacic 1971

Sister taxa: Cephalophytarion delicatulum, Cephalophytarion grande, Cephalophytarion laticellulosum, Cephalophytarion minutum, Cephalophytarion taenia, Cephalophytarion variabile

Type specimen: Harvard Univ. 58560, TBS-22-4-B, coordinates 17.8/110.9. 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

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