Coccogoneae - Chroococcales - Chroococcaceae
Full reference: J. H. Oehler. 1977. Microflora of the H.Y.C. Pyritic Shale Member of the Barney Creek Formation (McArthur Group), middle Proterozoic of northern Australia. Alcheringa 1:315-349
Parent taxon: Chroococcaceae according to Y. Zhang 1981
See also Oehler 1977 and Oehler 1978
Sister taxa: Abundacapsa, Aphanocapsaopsis, Aphanocapsites, Archaeophycus, Bisacculoides, Coniunctiophycus, Eoaphanocapsa, Eosynechococcus, Globophycus, Gloeocapsamorpha, Gloeodiniopsis, Gloeotheceopsis, Melasmatosphaera, Palaeomicrocystis, Praechroococcus, Sphaerophycus, Stipulella, Synechocystis, Tetraphycus, Zosterosphaera
Subtaxa: Nanococcus vulgaris
Type: Nanococcus vulgaris
Ecology: stationary "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Calymmian of Australia (3 collections), China (1)
• Statherian of Australia (6)
Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence
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