Oscillatoriopsis psilata Maithy and Shukla 1977

Hormogoneae - Oscillatoriales - Oscillatoriaceae

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 Oscillatoriopsis according to P. K. Maithy and M. Shukla 1977

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

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 "photoautotroph"

Distribution: found only at Talsoi River, south of Rampura

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