Name: Eoentophysalis Hofmann 1976

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: E.o.en.to.phy.sa’lis. Gr. fem. n. Êôs, dawn; N.L. fem. n. Entophysalis, a cyanobacterial genus; N.L. fem. n. Eoentophysalis, an early Entophysalis

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Eoentophysalid-), e-o-en-to-p^hy-SA-lis

Type species: Eoentophysalis belcherensis Hofmann 1976

Valid publication: Hofmann HJ. Precambrian Microflora, Belcher Islands, Canada: Significance and Systematics. Journal of Paleontology 1976; 50:1040-1073.

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: "Eoentophysulis".

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
    Eoentophysalis belcherensis Hofmann 1976	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Eoentophysalis dismallakesensis Horodyski and Donaldson 1980	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name

Parent taxon: Entophysalidaceae Geitler 1925

Assigned by: Horodyski RJ, Donaldson JA. Microfossils from the Middle Proterozoic Dismal Lakes Group, Arctic Canada. Precambrian Research 1980; 11:125-159.

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Record number: 895