IRMNG taxon details
original description
Oehler, J. H. (1977). Microflora of the H.Y.C. Pyritic Shale Member of the Barney Creek Formation (McArthur Group), middle Proterozoic of northern Australia. <em>Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology.</em> 1(3): 315-349., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/03115517708527768 [details]
additional source
Muir, M. D. (1983). Proterozoic microfossils from the Mara Dolomite Member, Emmerugga Dolomite, McArthur Group, from the Northern Territory, Australia. <em>Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 86(1-2): 1-18., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8339.1983.tb00714.x note: refer note regarding possible taxonomic affinity [details]
verified source for family
Sergeev, V. N.; Sharma, M.; Shukla, Y. (2012). Proterozoic fossil Cyanobacteria. <em>The Palaeobotanist.</em> 61: 189-358., available online at https://doi.org/10.54991/jop.2012.359 note: refer note [details]
current name source
Sergeev, V. N.; Sharma, M.; Shukla, Y. (2012). Proterozoic fossil Cyanobacteria. <em>The Palaeobotanist.</em> 61: 189-358., available online at https://doi.org/10.54991/jop.2012.359 [details]
habitat flag source
Sergeev, V. N.; Sharma, M.; Shukla, Y. (2012). Proterozoic fossil Cyanobacteria. <em>The Palaeobotanist.</em> 61: 189-358., available online at https://doi.org/10.54991/jop.2012.359 [details]
Unreviewed
Descriptive info Middle Proterozoic; McArthur area, N. Australia. (Index Nominum Genericorum) [details]
Taxonomic remark Listed under incertae sedis in Sergeev et al., 2012. These authors state: "J. Oehler and D. Oehler [emender] did not suggest any certain biological affinities for Clonophycus species and only pointed out that they could be the remains of either prokaryotic or eukaryotic organisms. We consider Clonophycus as a form taxon embracing gloeocapsoid colonies of cyanobacteria or probably of some eukaryotic algae, e.g. green alga Chlorella." Previously, Muir, 1983 wrote: Clonophycus is described by J. H. Oehler (1977) as belonging to either the Cyanophyceae, Chlorophyceae or Rhodophyceae. Based on much more extensive material, D. Z. Oehler (1978) came to the conclusion that this genus represents the remains of spore-like cells and sporangia. However, she believed that there was insufficient evidence available to demonstrate a pro- or eukaryotic origin for the genus. Darby (1974) suggested a possible fungal origin for Huroniospora. Such an origin seems not incompatible with the morphologies of Clonophycus. [details]
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