Synonym: Nemiana Palij 1976
Parent taxon: Cyanobacteria according to I. Bobrovskiy et al. 2018
See also Erwin et al. 2011 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Abruptophycus, Acaciella, Agamus, Aldania, Alternella, Alternia, Angarophycus, Antiquophytolithus, Archaeothrix, Arenarina, Artophycus, Aulophycus, Basisphaera, Bevocastria, Borlogella, Brachypleganon, Bursiphycas, Calevia, Calothricites, Calyptophycus, Camasia, Cambricodium, Catinella, Chabakoviacea, Chomentovskia, Chomustachia, Cirriphycus, Cladogirvanella, Coccogoneae, Columnaria, Crustophycus, Cyanostroma, Cycularia, Cystostroma, Eoaphanothece, Eoepiphyton, Eophormidium, Eoschizothrix, Eucaspsiphora, Fibrostroma, Filiphycus, Fillostroma, Flexia, Galinia, Georgiana, Glenobotrydion, Glomeophycus, Gouldina, Grenularia, Gruneria, Hecetaphyton, Hormogoneae, Hormosporites, Izhella, Katernia, Kostinophycus, Lamellophycus, Lamellostroma, Leptophycus, Lermontovaephycus, Lopatinella, Madiganites, Maldeotaina, Manacyathus, Mansurkella, Marpolia, Microcystopsis, Morania, Mussooriella, Myxococcoides, Nerusiandella, Nuia, Oncobyrsella, Ostiana, Palaeomicrocystis, Paleocalothrix, Paleoisocystis, Papulophycus, Perennaria, Phanerosphaerops, Pilbaria, Platella, Plexostroma, Polybessurus, Protoepiphyton, Ramulostroma, Ramulus, Rhyniella, Scandophycus, Schizothropsis, Shanganella, Sphaerina, Sphaerothallus, Spirellus, Squamosphaera, Stigonematales, Subtifloria, Talakania, Tarioufetia, Telastroma, Trichostroma, Tubercularia, Tumidophyton, Tunikata, Tuxekanella, Uluksanella, Vesicularia, Vittophyton, Wetheredellidae, Xianella, Myxophyceae, Sphaerocodium, Millaria, Somphospongia, Porostromata, Oscillatoriacea, Sigmopollis, Antiquus, Setula, Cladophorites, Rothpletzella, Cyanophyceae, Callosicoccus, Desmekalamos, Lithocodium
Subtaxa: Beltanelliformis brunsae Nemiana bakeevi Nemiana simplex
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Poundian of Canada (1: Yukon collection)
• Ediacaran of Australia (1), Canada (2: Yukon), China (1), India (4), Namibia (5), the Russian Federation (5), Spain (1), Ukraine (2)
• Wonokan of Canada (9: Yukon)
Total: 31 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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