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Genus Archaeoellipsoides
Name: Archaeoellipsoides Horodyski and Donaldson 1980
Etymology: Ar.chae.o.el.lips.o.i’des. N.L. masc. n. Archaeoellipsoides, With reference to its great age and ellipsoidal shape.
Gender, pronunciation (Latin): masculine (stem: Archaeoellipsoid-), ar-kha͡e-o-el-lips-o-I-des
Type species: Archaeoellipsoides grandis Horodyski and Donaldson 1980
Valid publication:
Horodyski RJ, Donaldson JA. Microfossils from the Middle Proterozoic Dismal Lakes Group, Arctic Canada. Precambrian Research 1980; 11:125-159. 
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Notes:
- 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Archaeoellispoides".
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 3
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 3
Total number of child taxa: 3
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Archaeoellipsoides bactroformis Sergeev et al. 1995 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) correct name Archaeoellipsoides costatus Sergeev et al. 1995 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) correct name Archaeoellipsoides grandis Horodyski and Donaldson 1980 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) correct name
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Parent taxon: Nostocaceae Eichler 1886
Assigned by:
Sergeev VN, Knoll AH, Grotzinger JP. Paleobiology of the Mesoproterozoic Billyakh Group, Anabar Uplift, northern Siberia. J Paleontol 1995; 69:1-37. 
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Record number: 409
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