Coccogoneae - Chroococcales - Chroococcaceae

Full reference: P. K. Maithy. 1975. Micro-organisms from the Bushimay System (late Pre-Cambrian) of Kanshi, Zaire. The Palaeobotanist 22:133-149

Parent taxon: Chroococcaceae according to P. K. Maithy 1975

Sister taxa: Abundacapsa, Aphanocapsaopsis, Aphanocapsites, Archaeophycus, Bisacculoides, Coniunctiophycus, Eoaphanocapsa, Eosynechococcus, Globophycus, Gloeocapsamorpha, Gloeodiniopsis, Gloeotheceopsis, Melasmatosphaera, Nanococcus, Praechroococcus, Sphaerophycus, Stipulella, Synechocystis, Tetraphycus, Zosterosphaera

Subtaxa: Palaeomicrocystis schopfii

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Type: Palaeomicrocystis schopfii

Ecology: stationary "photoautotroph"

Distribution: found only at Sample RG 32.440, drill core S13B, Kanshi ( of Congo-Kinshasa)

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