NAME Eomycetopsis filiformis
AGE late Precambrian.   AGE span: 1000...542 mya
K&J CLASSIFICATION (2000) Fungi Imperfecti, Mycelia Sterilia.
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FIGURE REFERENCE Schopf JW. 1968. Microflora of Bitter Springs Formation, Late Precambrian, Central Australia; Journal of Palaeontology, v. 42, p. 651-688.
SPECIES, AUTHORITY E. filiformis Schopf 1968, p. 685, pl. 83, fig. 6.
LOCATION Bitter Springs Formation, Ross River area, central Australia.
ORIG DESCRIPTION* Filaments occasionally solitary; commonly gregarious, sinuously interlaced in a loosely woven prosenchyma-like mass. Lateral walls approximately 1/4-2/3 µm thick, somewhat coriaceous with finely to coarsely granular surface texture. Filaments up to 172 µm long (incomplete filament), more or less regularly cylindrical with a variance in diameter of less than 0.5 µm from the widest to the most narrow portion of the filament; 2.1-3.4 µm in diameter, with an average width (16 filaments measured) of 2.5 µm. Septate portions of filaments rare, commonly about 20 µm long, with filaments dilated or constricted and commonly overlapping at septa; overlapping portions commonly attenuated. Reproductive structures unknown.
COMMENTS* As for the genus.

Etymology: With reference to filiform nature.
PUBLICATION REFERENCE Schopf JW. 1968. Microflora of Bitter Springs Formation, Late Precambrian, Central Australia; Journal of Palaeontology, v. 42, p. 651-688.
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ALL NAMES (Including synonyms) Eomycetopsis filiformis
SERIAL NUMBER 542
PUBLIC COMMENTS
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