Alternative combinations: Gunflintia septata, Tenuofilum septatum
Full reference: J. W. Schopf. 1968. Microflora of the Bitter Springs Formation, Late Precambrian, central Australia. Journal of Paleontology 42:651-688
Belongs to Siphonophycus according to L. A. Riedman et al. 2023
See also Hofmann and Jackson 1991, Knoll and Calder 1983, Oehler 1977 and Schopf 1968
Sister taxa: Siphonophycus antiquus, Siphonophycus capitaneum, Siphonophycus inornatum, Siphonophycus kestron, Siphonophycus punctatum, Siphonophycus robustum, Siphonophycus solidum, Siphonophycus transvaalensis, Siphonophycus typicum
Type specimen: Harvard Univ. 58527; stage coordinates 20.3 x 96.7. Its type locality is North of Ross River Tourist Camp, which is in a Tonian peritidal chert in the Bitter Springs Formation of Australia.
Ecology: stationary "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Ediacaran of Estonia (2 collections)
• Tonian of Australia (2), Greenland (4), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (1)
• Stenian of Canada (1: Nunavut)
• Mesoproterozoic of Canada (1: Nunavut)
• Statherian of Australia (5)
Total: 16 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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