Oscillatoriopsis cuboides Knoll et al. 1988

Hormogoneae - Oscillatoriales - Oscillatoriaceae

Full reference: A. H. Knoll, P. K. Strother, and S. Rossi. 1988. Distribution and diagenesis of microfossils from the lower Proterozoic Duck Creek Dolomite, Western Australia. Precambrian Research 38:257-279

Belongs to Oscillatoriopsis according to A. H. Knoll et al. 1988

Sister taxa: Oscillatoriopsis acuminata, Oscillatoriopsis awramikii, Oscillatoriopsis breviconvexa, Oscillatoriopsis curta, Oscillatoriopsis disciformis, Oscillatoriopsis glabra, Oscillatoriopsis hemisphaerica, Oscillatoriopsis majesticum, Oscillatoriopsis majuscula, Oscillatoriopsis obtusa, Oscillatoriopsis psilata, Oscillatoriopsis robusta, Oscillatoriopsis schopfii, Oscillatoriopsis tuberculata

Type specimen: CPC 27316. Its type locality is Adjacent to Duck Creek Station road, which is in an Orosirian slope dolomite in the Duck Creek Dolomite Formation of Australia.

Ecology: stationary "photoautotroph"

Distribution: found only at Adjacent to Duck Creek Station road

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