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Genus Eomycetopsis
Name: Eomycetopsis Schopf 1968
Etymology: E.o.my.cet.op’sis. Gr. fem. n. Êôs, dawn; Gr. masc. n. mykês, mushroom, fungus; Gr. fem. n. opsis, aspect, appearance; N.L. fem. n. Eomycetopsis, an early fungus-like organism
Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Eomycetopsid-), e-o-my-ket-OP-sis
Type species: Eomycetopsis robusta 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)
Correct name: Siphonophycus Schopf 1968
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind Tenuofilum Schopf 1968 heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) Siphonophycus Schopf 1968 heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
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Notes:
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🚂 For the type species of this genus another name is in use, which is affiliated with the genus Siphonophycus Schopf 1968.
Publication:
Knoll AH, Swett K, Mark J. Paleobiology of a Neoproterozoic tidal flat/lagoonal complex: the Draken Conglomerate Formation, Spitsbergen. J Paleontol 1991; 65:531-570.
- 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Bomycetopsis"; "Enmycetopsis"; "Eomyeetopsis"; "Eormycetopsis".
- ❗ Eomycetopsis 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).
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🚂 For the type species of this genus another name is in use, which is affiliated with the genus Siphonophycus Schopf 1968.
Publication:
Knoll AH, Swett K, Mark J. Paleobiology of a Neoproterozoic tidal flat/lagoonal complex: the Draken Conglomerate Formation, Spitsbergen. J Paleontol 1991; 65:531-570.
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 6
Total number of child taxa: 6
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Eomycetopsis filiformis Schopf 1968 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) orphaned species Eomycetopsis pflugii Maithy and Shukla 1977 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) orphaned species Eomycetopsis psilata Maithy and Shukla 1977 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) orphaned species Eomycetopsis robusta Schopf 1968 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) synonym Eomycetopsis schopfii Nautiyal 1980 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) orphaned species Eomycetopsis septata Maithy 1975 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) orphaned species
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Parent taxon: Oscillatoriaceae Engler 1898
Assigned by:
Nyberg AV, Schopf JW. Microfossils in stromatolitic cherts from the upper proterozoic Min'yar formation, southern Ural Mountains, USSR. J Paleontol 1984; 58:738-772.
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Record number: 13064
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