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Genus Parenchymodiscus
Name: Parenchymodiscus Green et al. 1988
Etymology: Pa.ren.chy.mo.dis’cus. N.L. masc. n. Parenchymodiscus, From parenchyma, meaning poured in beside, and discus, meaning disc-shaped, referring to the parenchymatous packing of the cells all in a disc shape.
Gender, pronunciation: masculine (stem: Parenchymodisc-), pa-ren-khy-mo-DIS-kus
Type species: Parenchymodiscus endolithicus Green et al. 1988
Valid publication:
Green JW, Knoll AH, Swett K. Microfossils from oolites and pisolites of the Upper Proterozoic Eleonore Bay Group, Central East Greenland. J Paleontol 1988; 62:835-852. 
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Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Notes:
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🧕 Green et al. (1988) assigned this genus to the class Cyanophyceae Hauck 1885.
Publication:
Green JW, Knoll AH, Swett K. Microfossils from oolites and pisolites of the Upper Proterozoic Eleonore Bay Group, Central East Greenland. J Paleontol 1988; 62:835-852. 🇺🇸
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🧕 Green et al. (1988) assigned this genus to the class Cyanophyceae Hauck 1885.
Publication:
Green JW, Knoll AH, Swett K. Microfossils from oolites and pisolites of the Upper Proterozoic Eleonore Bay Group, Central East Greenland. J Paleontol 1988; 62:835-852.
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: 1
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Parenchymodiscus endolithicus Green et al. 1988 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) correct name
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Parent taxon: [Chroococcophyceae, not assigned to family]
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Record number: 24031
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