†Animikiea beltensis Horodyski 1980
Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.
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)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.