Hormogoneae - Oscillatoriales - Oscillatoriaceae
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
Belongs to Oscillatoriopsis according to J. H. Oehler 1977
Sister taxa: Oscillatoriopsis acuminata, Oscillatoriopsis awramikii, Oscillatoriopsis breviconvexa, Oscillatoriopsis cuboides, Oscillatoriopsis curta, Oscillatoriopsis disciformis, Oscillatoriopsis glabra, Oscillatoriopsis hemisphaerica, Oscillatoriopsis majesticum, Oscillatoriopsis majuscula, Oscillatoriopsis obtusa, Oscillatoriopsis psilata, Oscillatoriopsis robusta, Oscillatoriopsis tuberculata
Type specimen: CPC 16921, thin section 73425953, coordinates 12.3x94.3. Its type locality is MacArthur River Mine, borehole L22/44 D, 229.2 m depth, which is in a Statherian basinal (siliciclastic) shale in the Barney Creek Formation of Australia.
Ecology: stationary "photoautotroph"
Distribution: found only at MacArthur River Mine, borehole L22/44 D, 229.2 m depth
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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