Name: "Schizomycophyta" Nyberg and Schopf 1984

Category: Division

Proposed as: new division

Etymology: N.L. neut. pl. n. suff. -phyta, ending to denote a phylum or division of algae under the ICN; N.L. neut. pl. n. Schizomycophyta

Gender: neuter

Original publication: Nyberg AV, Schopf JW. Microfossils in stromatolitic cherts from the upper proterozoic Min'yar formation, southern Ural Mountains, USSR. J Paleontol 1984; 58:738-772.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Nyberg and Schopf (1984) assigned this division to the kingdom Procaryotae Murray 1968. Publication: Nyberg AV, Schopf JW. Microfossils in stromatolitic cherts from the upper proterozoic Min'yar formation, southern Ural Mountains, USSR. J Paleontol 1984; 58:738-772.
  • 🧒 Nyberg and Schopf (1984) assigned the class Schizomycetes Nägeli 1857 (Approved Lists 1980) to this division. Publication: Nyberg AV, Schopf JW. Microfossils in stromatolitic cherts from the upper proterozoic Min'yar formation, southern Ural Mountains, USSR. J Paleontol 1984; 58:738-772.
  • 😟 A nomenclatural type has not been designated.
  • 😵 The taxonomic category of this name is not currently in use in the LPSN hierarchy. For this reason, this name does not have a parent taxon and does not have child taxa.
  • 🤦 This taxon lacks a discernible description (protologue).

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Record number: 58076