Name: Girvanellaceae Luchinina 1975

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: N.L. fem. pl. n. Girvanellaceae, the Girvanella family

Gender: feminine

Type genus: Girvanella Nicholson and Etheridge 1878

Valid publication: Luchinina VA. Palaeoalgological characteristics of the Early Cambrian of the Siberian Platform (in Russian). USSR Academy of Sciences, Transactions of the Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Siberian Branch, Novosibirsk 1975; 216:1-99.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Crirvanellaceae".
  • 🧍 According to Vachard (2021) this family belongs either to the order Oscillatoriales or the order Proauloporales. Publication: Vachard D. Cyanobacteria. In: Alderton D, Elias SA (eds), Encyclopedia of Geology, Academic Press, Unknown City, 2021, p. 446-460.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 4
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 4
Total number of child taxa: 4

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Carpathocodium Dragastan 1985	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Girvanella Nicholson and Etheridge 1878	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Mitcheldeania Wethered 1886	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Pseudogirvanella Dragastan 1985	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name

Parent taxon: Oscillatoriales Schaffner 1922

Assigned by: Vachard D. Cyanobacteria. In: Alderton D, Elias SA (eds), Encyclopedia of Geology, Academic Press, Unknown City, 2021, p. 446-460.

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Record number: 3021