Full reference: Y. Zhang. 1981. Proterozoic stromatolite microfloras of the Gaoyuzhuang Formation (Early Sinian: Riphean), Hebei, China. Journal of Paleontology 55:485-506
Belongs to Siphonophycus according to H. J. Hofmann and G. D. Jackson 1991
See also Zhang 1981 and Zhang 1985
Sister taxa: Siphonophycus antiquus, Siphonophycus capitaneum, Siphonophycus kestron, Siphonophycus punctatum, Siphonophycus robustum, Siphonophycus septatum, Siphonophycus solidum, Siphonophycus transvaalensis, Siphonophycus typicum
Type specimen: BGP 7802, point mark 2. Its type locality is Pangjapu Iron Mine, 110-130 m from base, which is in a Calymmian peritidal dolomite in the Gaoyuzhuang Formation of China.
Ecology: stationary "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Tonian of Greenland (6 collections)
• Stenian of Canada (7: Nunavut)
• Calymmian of China (2)
Total: 15 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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