morania morania morania is a genus of cyanobacterium preserved as carbonaceous films in the middle cambrian burgess shale. it is present throughout the shale; 2580 specimens of morania are known from the greater phyllopod bed, where they comprise 4.90% of the community. it is filamentous, forms sheets, and resembles the modern cyanobacterium nostoc. it would have had a role in binding the sediment, and would have been a food source for such organisms as odontogriphus and wiwaxia. moraniatemporal range: morania fragmenta fossil from millard county, utah scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: cyanobacteria genus: morania