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Genus Ramivaginalis
Name: Ramivaginalis Nyberg and Schopf 1984
Etymology: Ra.mi.va.gi.na’lis. N.L. masc./fem. n. Ramivaginalis, with reference to branching of sheath.
Pronunciation: ra-mi-wa-gi-NA-lis
Type species: Ramivaginalis uralensis Nyberg and Schopf 1984
Valid publication:
Nyberg AV, Schopf JW. Microfossils in stromatolitic cherts from the upper proterozoic Min'yar formation, southern Ural Mountains, USSR. J Paleontol 1984; 58:738-772. 
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Notes:
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🧕 Nyberg and Schopf (1984) assigned this genus to the order Nostocales corrig. Borzì 1914.
Publication:
Nyberg AV, Schopf JW. Microfossils in stromatolitic cherts from the upper proterozoic Min'yar formation, southern Ural Mountains, USSR. J Paleontol 1984; 58:738-772.
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🧕 Nyberg and Schopf (1984) assigned this genus to the order Nostocales corrig. Borzì 1914.
Publication:
Nyberg AV, Schopf JW. Microfossils in stromatolitic cherts from the upper proterozoic Min'yar formation, southern Ural Mountains, USSR. J Paleontol 1984; 58:738-772.
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 Ramivaginalis uralensis Nyberg and Schopf 1984 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) correct name
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Parent taxon: Scytonemataceae corrig. Frank 1886
Assigned by:
Nyberg AV, Schopf JW. Microfossils in stromatolitic cherts from the upper proterozoic Min'yar formation, southern Ural Mountains, USSR. J Paleontol 1984; 58:738-772.
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Record number: 24155
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