Palaeoscytonema 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

Parent taxon: Oscillatoriaceae according to P. K. Maithy and M. Shukla 1977

Sister taxa: Allantomorphus, Archaeonema, Calyptothrix, Cephalophytarion, Circulinema, Contortothrix, Cyanonema, Eomicrocoleus, Eomycetopsis, Filiconstrictosus, Halythrix, Heliconema, Obconicophycus, Obruchevella, Oscillatoriopsis, Palaeolyngbya, Palaeotubulus, Partitiofilum, Tenuofilum

Subtaxa: Palaeoscytonema indica Palaeoscytonema intermingla Palaeoscytonema misrae Palaeoscytonema srivastavae

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Type: Palaeoscytonema srivastavae

Ecology: stationary "photoautotroph"

Distribution:

• Statherian of India (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections including 4 occurrences

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