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Genus Palaeoscytonema
Name: Palaeoscytonema Edhorn 1973
Etymology: Pa.lae.o.scy.to.ne’ma. Gr. masc. adj. palaios, ancient; N.L. neut. n. Scytonema, a cyanobacterial genus; N.L. neut. n. Palaeoscytonema, an ancient (fossil) Scytonema
Gender, pronunciation (Latin): neuter (stem: Palaeoscytonemat-), pa-la͡e-o-sky-to-NE-ma
Type species: Palaeoscytonema moorhousei Edhorn 1973
Valid publication: Edhorn A. Further investigations of fossils from the Animikie, Thunder Bay, Ontario. Proceedings of the Geological Association of Canada 1973; 25:37-66.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Notes:
- 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Palaeoscylonema"; "Palaeoseytonema"; "Paloeoscytonema".
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🧍 See also Maithy and Shukla (1977).
Publication:
Maithy PK, Shukla M. Microbiota from the Suket Shales, Ramapura, Vindhyan System (Late Pre-Cambrian), Madhya Pradesh. Palaeobotanist 1977; 23:178.
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 5
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 5
Total number of child taxa: 6
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Palaeoscytonema indica Mandal and Maithy 1984 inaccurate spelling (ICN [Botanical Code]) misspelling Palaeoscytonema indicum corrig. Mandal and Maithy 1984 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) correct name Palaeoscytonema intermingla Mandal and Maithy 1984 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) correct name Palaeoscytonema misrae Mandal and Maithy 1984 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) correct name Palaeoscytonema moorhousei Edhorn 1973 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) correct name Palaeoscytonema srivastavae Maithy and Shukla 1977 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) correct name
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Parent taxon: Scytonemataceae corrig. Frank 1886
Assigned by:
Mandal J, Maithy PK, Barman G, Verma KK. Microbiota from the Kushalgarh Formation, Delhi Supergroup, India. Journal of Palaeosciences 1984; 32:1-19.
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Record number: 41936
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