Full reference: N. J. Beukes, C. Klein, and J. W. Schopf. 1987. Taxonomic names, in Filamentous microfossils in the early Proterozoic Transvaal Supergroup: their morphology, significance, and paleoenvironmental setting. Precambrian Research 36:81-94
Belongs to Siphonophycus according to W. Altermann and J. W. Schopf 1995
See also Beukes et al. 1987
Sister taxa: Siphonophycus antiquus, Siphonophycus capitaneum, Siphonophycus inornatum, Siphonophycus kestron, Siphonophycus punctatum, Siphonophycus robustum, Siphonophycus septatum, Siphonophycus solidum, Siphonophycus typicum
Type specimen: Its type locality is Borehole DI1, 243 m, Derby 195 farm, which is in a Neoarchean offshore shelf chert in the Gamohaan Formation of South Africa
Ecology: stationary "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Neoarchean of South Africa (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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