Palaeoanacystis suketensis Maithy and Shukla 1977 (green algae)

Chlorophyceae - Volvocales - Chlorococcaceae

Full reference: P. K. Maithy and M. Shukla. 1977. Microbiota from the Suket Shales, Ramapura, Vindhyan System (late Pre-Cambrian), Madhya Pradesh. The Palaeobotanist 23:176-188

Belongs to Palaeoanacystis according to P. K. Maithy and M. Shukla 1977

Sister taxa: Palaeoanacystis magna, Palaeoanacystis plumbii, Palaeoanacystis psilata, Palaeoanacystis punctatus, Palaeoanacystis reticulatus, Palaeoanacystis verrucosus, Palaeoanacystis vulgaris

Type specimen: Its type locality is Talsoi River, south of Rampura, which is in a Statherian marine shale in the Suket Shale Formation of India

Ecology: stationary epifaunal "photoautotroph"

Distribution: found only at Talsoi River, south of Rampura

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