Coccogoneae - Pleurocapsales - Pleurocapsaceae

Full reference: A.H. Knoll, E.S. Barghoorn, and S. Golubic. 1975. Paleopleurocapsa wopfnerii gen. et sp. nov.: A Late Precambrian alga and its modern counterpart. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 72(7):2488-2492

Parent taxon: Pleurocapsaceae according to A.H. Knoll et al. 1975

Sister taxa: Phacelogeminus, Pleurocapsa

Subtaxa: Palaeopleurocapsa wopfnerii

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Type: Palaeopleurocapsa wopfnerii

Ecology: stationary "photoautotroph"

Distribution: found only at East-northeast of Port Augusta ( of Australia)

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