†Heliconema funiculum Schopf and Blacic 1971
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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 Heliconema according to J. W. Schopf and J. M. Blacic 1971
Sister taxa: Heliconema australiensis, Heliconema bulbosa
Type specimen: Harvard Univ. 58595, TBS-22-4-F, coordinates 29.1/117.7. 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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