Archaeoellipsoides obesus Zhang 1985

Hormogoneae - Nostocales - Nostocaceae

Full reference: Y. Zhang. 1985. Stromatolitic microbiota from the Middle Proterozoic Wumishan Formation (Jixian Group) of the Ming Tombs, Beijing, China. Precambrian Research 30:277-302

Belongs to Archaeoellipsoides according to H. J. Hofmann and G. D. Jackson 1991

See also Zhang 1985

Sister taxa: Archaeoellipsoides bactroformis, Archaeoellipsoides conjunctivus, Archaeoellipsoides costatus, Archaeoellipsoides dolichos, Archaeoellipsoides elongatus, Archaeoellipsoides grandis, Archaeoellipsoides major, Archaeoellipsoides minor

Type specimen: BCWB-06, coordinates 99.6x/11.9y. Its type locality is Chuihua Hill, southwest of Dingling (Ming Tombs), which is in a Calymmian carbonate dolomite in the Wumishan Formation of China.

Ecology: stationary "photoautotroph"

Distribution:

• Stenian of Canada (1: Nunavut collection)

• Calymmian of China (1)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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