NAME Eomycetopsis robusta
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. robusta Schopf 1968, p. 685, pl. 83, fig. 1a-b.
LOCATION Bitter Springs Formation, Ross River area, central Australia.
ORIG DESCRIPTION* Filaments commonly solitary, occasionally in groups of a few entangled filaments, rarely showing plectenchymatous organization. Lateral walls approximately 1/3-3/4 µm thick, markedly coriaceous, coarsely and irregularly granular in surface texture. Filaments up to 135 µm long (incomplete filament), more or less regularly cylindrical with a variance in diameter of less than 0.8 µm from the widest to the most narrow portion of the filament; 2.8-4.2 µm in diameter with an average width (20 filaments measured) of 3.5 µm. Septate portions of filament vary in length, commonly less than 25 µm long, with filaments commonly constricted or overlapping at the septa; overlapping portions commonly with rounded ends. Reproductive structures unknown.
COMMENTS* As for the genus.

Etymology: With reference to the robust lateral walls.
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 robusta
SERIAL NUMBER 543
PUBLIC COMMENTS
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