Full reference: J. W. Schopf. 1983. Taxonomic names, in Filamentous bacteria from the Archean of Western Australia. Precambrian Research 20:357-374
Belongs to Siphonophycus according to J. W. Schopf 1983
Sister taxa: Siphonophycus capitaneum, Siphonophycus inornatum, Siphonophycus kestron, Siphonophycus punctatum, Siphonophycus robustum, Siphonophycus septatum, Siphonophycus solidum, Siphonophycus transvaalensis, Siphonophycus typicum
Type specimen: CPC 20202, coordinates 46.7x103.0. Its type locality is North Pole Dome, locality A, which is in a Paleoarchean marine chert in the Dresser Formation of Australia.
Ecology: stationary "photoautotroph"
Distribution: found only at North Pole Dome, locality A
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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