Alternative combination: Myxococcoides minuta
Full reference: M. D. Muir. 1976. Proterozoic microfossils from the Amelia Dolomite, McArthur Basin, Northern Territory. Alcheringa 1:143-158
Belongs to Myxococcoides according to B. Amard and J. Bertrand-Sarfati 1997
See also Muir 1976 and Oehler 1978
Sister taxa: Caudatiphycus dolichocaudatus, Caudatiphycus oblatus, Myxococcoides cantabrigiensis, Myxococcoides compactus, Myxococcoides congoensis, Myxococcoides cracens, Myxococcoides globosa, Myxococcoides grandis, Myxococcoides inornata, Myxococcoides kingii, Myxococcoides konzalovae, Myxococcoides magnus, Myxococcoides minor, Myxococcoides ramapuraensis, Myxococcoides reniformis, Myxococcoides reticulata, Myxococcoides stragulescens, Myxococcoides verrucosa
Type specimen: CPC 15604, 91.9:10.8. Its type locality is Tawallah Pocket No. 1 core, 41.7 m depth, which is in a Statherian peritidal dolomite in the Amelia Dolomite Formation of Australia.
Ecology: stationary "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Calymmian of Australia (2 collections)
• Statherian of Australia (1)
• Orosirian of Gabon (1)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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