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 Cyanonema according to F. X. Wang et al. 1983
See also Oehler 1977
Sister taxa: Cyanonema attenuatum, Cyanonema ligamen, Cyanonema minor
Type specimen: CPC 16930, thin section 73426062, coordinates 29.2x120.7. Its type locality is W-Fold deposit, borehole WF 13, 253.5 m depth, which is in a Statherian basinal (siliciclastic) shale in the Barney Creek Formation of Australia.
Ecology: stationary "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Cambrian of China (1 collection)
• Tonian of Canada (1: Yukon)
• Statherian of Australia (1)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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