Parent taxon: Cyanophyta according to R. Riding 1991
Sister taxa: Abruptophycus, Acaciella, Agamus, Aldania, Alternella, Alternia, Angarophycus, Antiquophytolithus, Archaeothrix, Arenarina, Artophycus, Aulophycus, Basisphaera, Bevocastria, Borlogella, Brachypleganon, Bursiphycas, Calevia, Calothricites, Calyptophycus, Camasia, Catinella, Chabakoviacea, Chomentovskia, Chomustachia, Cirriphycus, Cladogirvanella, Coccogoneae, Columnaria, Crustophycus, Cyanostroma, Cycularia, Cystostroma, Eoaphanothece, Eoepiphyton, Eophormidium, Eucaspsiphora, Fibrostroma, Filiphycus, Fillostroma, Flexia, Galinia, Georgiana, Glomeophycus, Gouldina, Grenularia, Gruneria, Hecetaphyton, Hormogoneae, Hormosporites, Katernia, Kostinophycus, Lamellophycus, Lamellostroma, Leptophycus, Lermontovaephycus, Lopatinella, Madiganites, Maldeotaina, Manacyathus, Mansurkella, Marpolia, Microcystopsis, Morania, Mussooriella, Myxococcoides, Nerusiandella, Oncobyrsella, Palaeomicrocystis, Paleocalothrix, Paleoisocystis, Papulophycus, Perennaria, Phanerosphaerops, Pilbaria, Platella, Plexostroma, Polybessurus, Protoepiphyton, Ramulostroma, Ramulus, Rhyniella, Scandophycus, Schizothropsis, Shanganella, Sphaerina, Sphaerothallus, Stigonematales, Subtifloria, Talakania, Tarioufetia, Telastroma, Trichostroma, Tubercularia, Tumidophyton, Tunikata, Tuxekanella, Uluksanella, Vesicularia, Vittophyton, Antiquus, Sigmopollis, Oscillatoriacea, Callosicoccus, Porostromata, Myxophyceae, Cyanophyceae, Millaria, Desmekalamos, Lithocodium, Somphospongia, Cladophorites, Setula, Sphaerocodium
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: stationary "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Germany (1 collection), Poland (2)
• Carboniferous of Australia (1)
• Givetian of China (1)
• Devonian of Australia (7), Belgium (2), China (11), the Czech Republic (1), France (1), Germany (7), Kyrgyzstan (1), Morocco (2), the Russian Federation (3)
• Silurian of the Russian Federation (1), Sweden (12), Ukraine (1), the United Kingdom (3), United States (5: Alaska)
• Chazyan of United States (2: Vermont, Virginia)
• Ordovician of Canada (2: Quebec), China (1), the Russian Federation (3)
• Cambrian of Mongolia (1)
Total: 71 collections including 75 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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