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Genus Primorivularia
Name: Primorivularia Edhorn 1973
Etymology: Pri.mo.ri.vu.la’ri.a. L. masc. adj. primus, first; N.L. fem. n. Rivularia, a cyanobacterial genus; N.L. fem. n. Primorivularia, the first Rivularia
Gender, pronunciation: feminine (stem: Primorivulari-), pri-mo-ri-wu-LA-ri-a
Type species: Primorivularia thunderbayensis 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: "Prinzorivularia".
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 2
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 2
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Primorivularia robusta Mandal and Maithy 1984 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) correct name Primorivularia thunderbayensis Edhorn 1973 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) correct name
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Parent taxon: Rivulariaceae Rabenhorst ex Bornet and Flahault 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: 41991
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