Name: Caudiculophycus Schopf 1968

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: N.L. masc. n. Caudiculophycus, With reference to short terminal hair and algal nature. (botanical tradition treats gender of phycus as masculine)

Gender: masculine (stem: Caudiculophyc-)

Type species: Caudiculophycus rivularioides Schopf 1968

Valid publication: Schopf JW. Microflora of the Bitter Springs formation, late Precambrian, central Australia. J. Paleontol. 1968; 42:651-688.

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: "Cazuliculophycus".

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 2
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 2

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Caudiculophycus acuminatus Schopf and Blacic 1971	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Caudiculophycus rivularioides Schopf 1968	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name

Parent taxon: [Nostocales, not assigned to family]

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Record number: 25524