Publication: Paleopleurocapsa Wopfnerii gen. et sp. nov.: A Late Precambrian Alga and Its Modern Counterpart
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1975
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Knoll, Andrew H., Elso S. Barghoorn, and Stjepko Golubic. 1975. Paleopleurocapsa wopfnerii gen. et sp. nov.: A Late Precambrian alga and its modern counterpart. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 72, no. 7: 2488-2492.
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Silicified dolomite of the approximately one billion year old Skillogalee Dolomite of the Adelaide Geosyncline, South Australia, contains organically preserved microfossils of a structurally complex, crustose pleurocapsalean cyanophyte, herein described as <i>Paleopleurocapsa wopfnerii</i>. Although actual cell contents have been degraded, lamellar sheath material faithfully preserves the morphology of the alga. Comparison with specimens of the modern genus <i>Pleurocapsa</i> Thuret demonstrates affinities at the family level and quite possibly even generic identity.
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