Name: Oscillatorites Palik 1966

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Os.cil.la.tor.i’tes. N.L. fem. n. Oscillatoria, a cyanobacterial genus; N.L. masc. n. Oscillatorites, a fossil similar to extant Oscillatoria

Gender, pronunciation: masculine (stem: Oscillatorit-), os-kil-la-tor-I-tes

Type species: Oscillatorites capitatus 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

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 1
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 1
Total number of child taxa: 2

Parent taxon: [Chroococcophyceae, not assigned to family]

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Record number: 44478
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