Animikiea beltensis Horodyski 1980

Hormogoneae - Oscillatoriales - Oscillatoriaceae

Alternative combination: Siphonophycus beltensis

Full reference: R. J. Horodyski. 1980. Middle Proterozoic shale-facies microbiota from the Lower Belt Supergroup, Little Belt Mountains, Montana. Journal of Paleontology 54(4):649-663

Belongs to Animikiea according to J. Mandal and P. K. Maithy 1984

See also Horodyski 1980

Sister taxa: Animikiea crassiuscula, Animikiea indica, Animikiea septata

Type specimen: USNM 264573, coordinates 23.0x/27.1y

Ecology: stationary "photoautotroph"

Distribution: found only at East side of Highway 89 (119 m above contact) ( of Montana)

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