Name: Multangularites Palik 1966

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Mult.an.gu.lar.i’tes. L. neut. adj. multangulum, a polygon; N.L. masc. n. Multangularites, a fossil organism named for its polygonal shape

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): masculine (stem: Multangularit-), mult-an-gu-lar-I-tes

Type species: Multangularites quadratus corrig. Palik 1966

Valid publication: Palik P. Further microfossils from the Orgueil meteorite. Revue algologique 1966; 8:89-126.

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: "Mullangularites"; "Multangulariles".

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 4
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 4
Total number of child taxa: 7

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Multangularites inaequalis Palik 1966	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Multangularites polygonata Palik 1966	inaccurate spelling (ICN [Botanical Code])	misspelling
    Multangularites polygonatus corrig. Palik 1966	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Multangularites quadrata Palik 1966	inaccurate spelling (ICN [Botanical Code])	misspelling
    Multangularites quadratus corrig. Palik 1966	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Multangularites triangulata Palik 1966	inaccurate spelling (ICN [Botanical Code])	misspelling
    Multangularites triangulatus corrig. Palik 1966	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name

Parent taxon: [Miscellanea, not assigned to family]

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Record number: 55036