Name: Phanerosphaerops Schopf and Blacic 1971

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Pha.ne.ro.sphae.rops. N.L. fem. n. Phanerosphaerops, With reference to large diameter and spheroidal shape. [probably better: Phanerosphaeropsis]

Gender: feminine (stem: Phanerosphaerop-)

Type species: Phanerosphaerops capitaneus Schopf and Blacic 1971

Valid publication: Schopf JW, Blacic BM. New microorganisms from the Bitter Springs Formation (Late Precambrian) of the north-central Amadeus Basin, central Australia. Journal of Paleontology 1971; 45:925-960.

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: 1

Parent taxon: Chroococcaceae Rabenhorst 1863

Assigned by: Schopf JW, Blacic BM. New microorganisms from the Bitter Springs Formation (Late Precambrian) of the north-central Amadeus Basin, central Australia. Journal of Paleontology 1971; 45:925-960.

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Record number: 35198
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