Coccogoneae - Chroococcales - Chroococcaceae
Full reference: M. D. Muir. 1976. Proterozoic microfossils from the Amelia Dolomite, McArthur Basin, Northern Territory. Alcheringa 1:143-158
Belongs to Sphaerophycus according to D. Z. Oehler 1978
See also Muir 1976
Sister taxa: Sphaerophycus densus, Sphaerophycus medium, Sphaerophycus parvum, Sphaerophycus tetragonalis
Type specimen: CPC 15609, 109.4:7.8. Its type locality is Tawallah Pocket No. 1 core, 25.6 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)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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