Palaeolyngbya oehlerii Wang et al. 1983

Hormogoneae - Oscillatoriales - Oscillatoriaceae

Full reference: F. X. Wang, X. Y. Zhang, and R. H. Guo. 1983. The Sinian microfossils from Jinning, Yunnan, south west China. Precambrian Research 23:133-175

Belongs to Palaeolyngbya according to F. X. Wang et al. 1983

Sister taxa: Palaeolyngbya baraudensis, Palaeolyngbya barghoorniana, Palaeolyngbya distinctica, Palaeolyngbya elongata, Palaeolyngbya maxima, Palaeolyngbya minor, Palaeolyngbya spiralis

Type specimen: K7943A27. Its type locality is Sample K7943, Meishucun, which is in a Nemakit-Daldynian carbonate phosphorite in the Yuhucun Formation of China.

Ecology: stationary "photoautotroph"

Distribution: found only at Sample K7943, Meishucun

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