†Eoaphanocapsa oparinii Nyberg and Schopf 1984
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Coccogoneae - Chroococcales - Chroococcaceae
Full reference: A. V. Nyberg and J. W. Schopf. 1984. Microfossils in stromatolitic cherts from the Upper Proterozoic Min'yar Formation, southern Ural Mountains, USSR. Journal of Paleontology 58:738-772
Belongs to Eoaphanocapsa according to A. V. Nyberg and J. W. Schopf 1984
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: R3mn-st-2K, stage coordinates 18.7X/11.1Y. Its type locality is Zilim River, upstream from Bakeyevo, which is in a Tonian peritidal limestone in the Min'yar Formation of the Russian Federation.
Ecology: stationary "photoautotroph"
Distribution: found only at Zilim River, upstream from Bakeyevo
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