Name: Cladogirvanella Ott 1966

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Cla.do.gir.va.nel’la. Gr. masc. n. klados, a small branch; N.L. fem. n. Girvanella, a fossil cyanobacterial genus; N.L. fem. n. Cladogirvanella, branch-forming Girvanella-like organism

Gender, pronunciation: feminine (stem: Cladogirvanell-), kla-do-gir-wa-NEL-la

Type species: Cladogirvanella cipitensis Ott 1966

Valid publication: Ott E. Zwei neue Kalkalgen aus den Cassianer Schichten Südtirols (Oberladin, mittlere Trias). Mitteilungen der Bayerischen Staatssammlung für Paläontologie und historische Geologie 1966; 6:155-166.

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

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Ortonella Garwood 1914

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Ortonella Garwood 1914	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Ott (1966) assigned this genus to the family "Porostromataceae" corrig. Pia 1927. Publication: Ott E. Zwei neue Kalkalgen aus den Cassianer Schichten Südtirols (Oberladin, mittlere Trias). Mitteilungen der Bayerischen Staatssammlung für Paläontologie und historische Geologie 1966; 6:155-166.
  • 🚂 For the type species of this genus another name is in use, which is affiliated with the genus Ortonella Garwood 1914. Publication: Dragastan O. Review of Tethyan Mesozoic Algae of Romania. In: Toomey DF, Nitecki MH (eds), Paleoalgology. Contemporary research and applications, Springer-Verlag, Berlin Heidelberg, 1985, p. 101-161.
  • ❗ Cladogirvanella is the correct name instead if this genus is regarded as a separate genus (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another genus whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority).

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 1
Total number of child taxa: 1

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Cladogirvanella cipitensis Ott 1966	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym

Parent taxon: Girvanellaceae Luchinina 1975

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: 54105